سرف
s-r-f
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root سرف across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root سرف (srf) primarily means to be ignorant, unmindful, or negligent of something, or to miss it. It can also describe a worm eating leaves or wood, or metaphorically, food becoming cankered.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
s-r-f
Listen:
لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
51:34
Root letters:
س — ر — ف
Word Family Tree (13 forms)
All word forms derived from the root سرف as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 17×
Verb 6×
Concordance — 23 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root سرف appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (17) · Verb (6)
Noun (17 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:12
Noun
وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ ٱلضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنۢبِهِۦۤ أَوۡ قَاعِدًا أَوۡ قَاۤىِٕمࣰا فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُ ضُرَّهُۥ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمۡ یَدۡعُنَاۤ إِلَىٰ ضُرࣲّ مَّسَّهُۥۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ زُیِّنَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ مَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ١٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doin
Jonah 10:83
Noun
فَمَاۤ ءَامَنَ لِمُوسَىٰۤ إِلَّا ذُرِّیَّةࣱ مِّن قَوۡمِهِۦ عَلَىٰ خَوۡفࣲ مِّن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِی۟هِمۡ أَن یَفۡتِنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ لَعَالࣲ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ٨٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
But no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressor
The Prophets 21:9
Noun
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَـٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَاۤءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors
The Poets 26:151
Noun
وَلَا تُطِیعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ١٥١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And do not obey the order of the transgressors
قَالُوا۟ طَـٰۤىِٕرُكُم مَّعَكُمۡ أَىِٕن ذُكِّرۡتُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ مُّسۡرِفُونَ ١٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."
Derived Forms (13)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ | lmusrifiyna | Noun | 7× | |
| لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ | lilmusrifiyna | Noun | 2× | |
| مُسْرِفٌ | musrifun | Noun | 2× | |
| مُّسْرِفُونَ | musrifuwna | Noun | 2× | |
| تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ | tusrifuwā | Verb | 2× | |
| مُّسْرِفِينَ | musrifiyna | Noun | 1× | |
| أَسْرَفُوا۟ | ʾaasrafuwā | Verb | 1× | |
| يُسْرِفُوا۟ | yusrifuwā | Verb | 1× | |
| أَسْرَفَ | ʾaasrafa | Verb | 1× | |
| يُسْرِف | yusrif | Verb | 1× |