Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
صحف
Parts of Speech
Noun (9×)
Qur'an Occurrences
9 times across 8 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    A *ṣaḥīfah* is a written piece of paper, skin, or a book/volume, similar to *kitāb*. Its plural forms are *ṣuḥuf* and *ṣaḥāʼif*.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ṣ-ḥ-f
Listen: صُحُفًا 98:2
Root letters: ص — ح — ف

Word Family Tree (6 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 9 Occurrences

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

Noun (9)

Noun (9 verses — showing first 5)

Ta Ha 20:133 Noun
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوۡلَا یَأۡتِینَا بِءَایَةࣲ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۤۚ أَوَ لَمۡ تَأۡتِهِم بَیِّنَةُ مَا فِی ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ۝١٣٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures
Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, The Embellishment 43:71 Noun
یُطَافُ عَلَیۡهِم بِصِحَافࣲ مِّن ذَهَبࣲ وَأَكۡوَابࣲۖ وَفِیهَا مَا تَشۡتَهِیهِ ٱلۡأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلۡأَعۡیُنُۖ وَأَنتُمۡ فِیهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ۝٧١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally
The Star 53:36 Noun
أَمۡ لَمۡ یُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِی صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ۝٣٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Mose
The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One 74:52 Noun
بَلۡ یُرِیدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفࣰا مُّنَشَّرَةࣰ ۝٥٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about
He Frowned 80:13 Noun
فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [It is recorded] in honored sheets

Derived Forms (6)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
صُحُفًا ṣuḥufanā Noun
صُحُفِ ṣuḥufi Noun
ٱلصُّحُفِ lṣuḥufi Noun
ٱلصُّحُفُ lṣuḥufu Noun
صُحُفٍ ṣuḥufin Noun
بِصِحَافٍ biṣiḥaāfin Noun