Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
سقف
Parts of Speech
Noun (4×)
Qur'an Occurrences
4 times across 4 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root سقف across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root سقف (sqf) primarily refers to a roof or covering, like a porch or a plank used for roofing.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: s-q-f
Listen: وَٱلسَّقْفِ 52:5
Root letters: س — ق — ف

Word Family Tree (4 forms)

All word forms derived from the root سقف as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 4 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root سقف appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (4)

Noun (4 verses — showing first 5)

The Bee 16:26 Noun
قَدۡ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنۡیَـٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلسَّقۡفُ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَیۡثُ لَا یَشۡعُرُونَ ۝٢٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Those before them had already plotted, but Allah came at their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive
The Prophets 21:32 Noun
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ سَقۡفࣰا مَّحۡفُوظࣰاۖ وَهُمۡ عَنۡ ءَایَـٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ ۝٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away
Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, The Embellishment 43:33 Noun
وَلَوۡلَاۤ أَن یَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ لَّجَعَلۡنَا لِمَن یَكۡفُرُ بِٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ لِبُیُوتِهِمۡ سُقُفࣰا مِّن فِضَّةࣲ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَیۡهَا یَظۡهَرُونَ ۝٣٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to moun
The Mount, The Mountain 52:5 Noun
وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ۝٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And [by] the heaven raised hig

Derived Forms (4)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَٱلسَّقْفِ walsaqfi Noun
سُقُفًا suqufanā Noun
سَقْفًا saqfanā Noun
ٱلسَّقْفُ lsaqfu Noun