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Arabic root

ل-ط-ف

Lam-Tah-Fa

2 words from this root family

About this root

Lam-Tah-Fa (ل-ط-ف) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: al-Laṭīf (The Subtle / The Gentle / The All-Aware of subtleties), laṭīf (nice / gentle / kind).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 8 times in 8 verses, across 8 of the 114 suras. The first is in 6:103.

Themes: Quranic, Adjectives, Character

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
اللَّطِيفُ
al-Laṭīf
The Subtle / The Gentle / The All-Aware of subtletiesnoun, B1Knowledge, Reflection, and Recitation
لَطيف
laṭīf
nice / gentle / kindadjective, A1Adjectives - Degree & Intensity

In the Quran

لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtle, the Aware.

Quran 6:103
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَتُصْبِحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.

Quran 22:63
يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُن فِى صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ أَوْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.

Quran 31:16

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun
اللَّطِيفُ
al-Laṭīf

The Subtle / The Gentle / The All-Aware of subtleties

Example
لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ
lā tudrikuhu al-abṣāru wa-huwa yudriku al-abṣāra wa-huwa al-Laṭīfu al-Khabīr
Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives all vision. And He is the Subtle, the Aware (6:103)
Grammar

Adjective (faʿīl). Has a dual meaning: (1) gentle and kind; (2) aware of the finest details. Noun: لُطْفٌ (gentleness, kindness).

Culture

One of the most beautiful divine names. Prophet Yusuf used it: 'Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills' (12:100) - God works in ways beyond human perception.

A1adjective
لَطيف
laṭīf

nice / gentle / kind

Example
هُوَ شَخصٌ لَطيف
huwa shakhṣun laṭīf
He is a nice person
Grammar

Feminine form: laṭīfa (لَطيفة). Also one of the names of God (al-Laṭīf, the Subtle/Kind).

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