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Quran Maqasid

سَقْف

سقف in the Quran

Meaning: the roof

سقف occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 4 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
4
Verses
4
Surahs
4
Root
س ق ف

سَقْف

Noun · 4 times

Meaning: the roof · Also translated as: a roof, roofs

Forms in the Quran

  • سَقْفًا ×2
  • ٱلسَّقْفُ ×1
  • وَٱلسَّقْفِ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

سقف البيت، جمعه: سقف، وجعل السماء سقفا في قوله تعالى: والسقف المرفوع [الطور/ 5] ، وقال تعالى: وجعلنا السماء سقفا محفوظا [الأنبياء/ 32] ، وقال:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿سقفا من فضة﴾ [الزخرف: 33]. السقف كل ما علاك من مظلة ونحوها. وقرئ ﴿سقفا﴾ جمعا وإفرادا، كرهن ورهن. والسقيفة: كل ما كان له سقف كالصفة. والسقف: طول في انحناء. وكذلك الأسقف وهو السقف. وفي الحديث: «لا يمنع أسقف من سقيفاه»؛ والسقفي: مصدر كالخليفى. وقيل إنما قيل له أسقف لخضوعه وانحنائه.

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root س ق ف

Verses with سقف

Verses 1–4 of 4

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those before them did also Plot (against God's Way): But God took their structures From their foundations, and the roof Fell down on them from above; And the Wrath seized them From directions they did not perceive.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:26
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We have made The heavens as a canopy Well guarded: yet do they Turn away from the Signs Which these things (point to)!

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:32
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And were it not that (All) men might become Of one (evil) way of life, We would provide, For everyone that blasphemes Against (God) Most Gracious, Silver roofs for their houses, And (silver) stair-ways On which to go up,

    Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 43:33
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    By the Canopy Raised High;

    Surah At-Tur, verse 52:5