Morphology Explorer — سفل
sfl
Root analysis: 10 occurrences across 9 verses in the Quran
سفل
sfl
10
Total Occurrences
9
Verses
6
Unique Forms
1
POS Categories
Part-of-Speech Distribution
Noun ×10
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Word Forms in the Quran 6
Quranic Concordance 10
Every occurrence of the root سفل in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.
Tense / Aspect
- Perfect
- Completed action (past tense)
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or future action (present/future)
- Imperative
- A command or request
Voice
- Active
- Subject performs the action
- Passive
- Subject receives the action
Person
- 1st Person
- Speaker ("I" or "we")
- 2nd Person
- Addressed ("you")
- 3rd Person
- Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")
Gender & Number
- Masculine / Feminine
- Grammatical gender of the subject
- Singular
- One person or thing
- Dual
- Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
- Plural
- Three or more
Case
- Nominative
- Subject of the sentence
- Accusative
- Object of the verb
- Genitive
- After a preposition or in possession
State
- Definite
- With "al-" (the)
- Indefinite
- Without "al-" (a/an)
Derivation
- Participle
- Verb form used as adjective/noun
- Verbal Noun
- Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")
Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).
| Verse | Arabic | Transliteration | English | POS | Features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:145 | ٱلْأَسْفَلِ | laasfali | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 8:42 | أَسْفَلَ | aasfala | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 9:40 | ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ | lssuflaaa | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 11:82 | سَافِلَهَا | saafilahaa | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 15:74 | سَافِلَهَا | saafilahaa | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 33:10 | أَسْفَلَ | aasfala | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 37:98 | ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ | laasfalina | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 41:29 | ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ | laasfalina | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 95:5 | أَسْفَلَ | aasfala | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun | |
| 95:5 | سَٰفِلِينَ | saafilina | be or become low, to descend, or to sink downwards | Noun | Noun |