# Za-Fe-Ra — زفر (zfr)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** a sigh/sob, draw in breath due to distress, to groan, moan in grief, a sea that makes a roaring, one who carries loads/burdens, calamity/misfortune.
- **Derived forms:** زَفِير (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 106

- **Form in this verse:** زَفِيرٌۭ — zafīrun · "(is) sighing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ ف۪يهَا زَف۪يرٌ وَشَه۪يقٌۙ

Faamma allatheena shaqoofafee annari lahum feeha zafeerun washaheeq

And as for those wretched — then in the Fire! — they will have therein roaring and wailing,

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-106.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** زَفِيرٌۭ — zafīrun · "(is) sighing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

لَهُمْ ف۪يهَا زَف۪يرٌ وَهُمْ ف۪يهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Lahum feeha zafeerun wahum feehala yasmaAAoon

They have therein roaring; and therein they hear not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-100.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** وَزَفِيرًۭا — wazafīran · "and roaring"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِذَا رَاَتْهُمْ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظاً وَزَف۪يراً

Itha raat-hum min makaninbaAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyuthanwazafeera

When it sees them from a place far away, they will hear the fury and the roaring thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-12.md_

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