# Te-Ra-Fe — ترف (trf)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/trf

- **Meaning:** Soft, ease, to lead a delicate life, enjoy good things of life, to bestow the good things of life.
- **Derived forms:** أُتْرِفُ (3) · مُتْرَفِين (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** أُتْرِفُوا۟ — ut'rifū · "luxury they were given"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُو۬لُوا بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّنْ اَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ  وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَٓا اُتْرِفُوا ف۪يهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Falawla kana mina alquroonimin qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi feeal-ardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhumwattabaAAa allatheena thalamoo maotrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeen

Oh, that among the generations before you there had but been a remnant forbidding corruption in the land save a few whom We saved among them! But those who did wrong followed what they had been given therein of opulence, and were lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-116.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** مُتْرَفِيهَا — mut'rafīhā · "its wealthy people"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَٓا اَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَف۪يهَا فَفَسَقُوا ف۪يهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْم۪يراً

Wa-itha aradna an nuhlikaqaryatan amarna mutrafeeha fafasaqoo feehafahaqqa AAalayha alqawlu fadammarnahatadmeera

And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its opulent ones, but they are perfidious therein; so the word becomes binding upon it, and We annihilate it utterly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-16.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** أُتْرِفْتُمْ — ut'rif'tum · "you were given luxury"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

لَا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُٓوا اِلٰى مَٓا اُتْرِفْتُمْ ف۪يهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

La tarkudoo warjiAAooila ma otriftum feehi wamasakinikumlaAAallakum tus-aloon

“Flee not! But return to that wherein you were given opulence, and your dwellings, that you might be questioned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-13.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْ — wa-atrafnāhum · "while We had given them luxury"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِلِقَٓاءِ الْاٰخِرَةِ وَاَتْرَفْنَاهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۙ مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْۙ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

Waqala almalao min qawmihi allatheenakafaroo wakaththaboo biliqa-i al-akhiratiwaatrafnahum fee alhayati addunyama hatha illa basharun mithlukum ya/kulumimma ta/kuloona minhu wayashrabu mimma tashraboon

And said the eminent ones of his people, those who ignored warning and denied the meeting of the Hereafter and to whom We had given opulence in the life of this world: “This is only a mortal like you: he eats of that whereof you eat, and drinks of that you drink.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-33.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** مُتْرَفِيهِم — mut'rafīhim · "their affluent ones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَخَذْنَا مُتْرَف۪يهِمْ بِالْعَذَابِ اِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَۜ

Hatta itha akhathnamutrafeehim bilAAathabi itha hum yaj-aroon

When We have seized their opulent ones with punishment, then will they cry out.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-64.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** مُتْرَفُوهَآ — mut'rafūhā · "its wealthy ones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ كَافِرُونَ

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnatheerin illa qala mutrafooha innabima orsiltum bihi kafiroon

And We sent not to a city any warner save its opulent ones said: “We are deniers of that wherewith you have been sent.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-34.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** مُتْرَفُوهَآ — mut'rafūhā · "(the) wealthy ones of it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَٓا اٰبَٓاءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ مُقْتَدُونَ

Wakathalika ma arsalnamin qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qalamutrafooha inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuqtadoon

And thus We sent not before thee into a city any warner save its opulent ones said: “We found our fathers upon a community, and we are following in their footsteps.”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-23.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** مُتْرَفِينَ — mut'rafīna · "indulging in affluence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذٰلِكَ مُتْرَف۪ينَۚ

Innahum kanoo qabla thalikamutrafeen

They were, before that, opulent,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-45.md_

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