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Quran Maqasid

غافِل

غافل in the Quran

Meaning: unaware

غافل occurs 27 times in 27 verses across 14 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
27
Verses
27
Surahs
14

غافِل

Noun · 27 times

Meaning: unaware · Also translated as: heedless, the heedless, surely heedless

Forms in the Quran

  • بِغَٰفِلٍ ×9
  • غَٰفِلُونَ ×6
  • غَٰفِلِينَ ×4
  • لَغَٰفِلِينَ ×2
  • ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ ×2
  • ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ ×2
  • لَغَٰفِلُونَ ×1
  • غَٰفِلًا ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الغفلة: سهو يعتري الإنسان من قلة التحفظ والتيقظ، يقال: غفل فهو غافل . قال تعالى:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿ولا تحسبن الله غافلا عما يعمل الظالمون﴾ [إبراهيم:42]. الغفلة: سهو يعتري الإنسان من قلة التحفظ والتيقظ. قوله: ﴿لقد كنت في غفلة من هذا﴾ [ق:22] أي كنت في الدنيا تاركا للنظر والاعتبار لما غطى على عينيك من حب الشهوات ومن شبيهه. وهذا خطاب للإنسان المتقدم. يقال: غفل يغفل غفلة فهو غافل. وأرض غفل: لا نبات بها.…

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

Verses with غافل

Verses 21–27 of 27

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Think not that God Doth not heed the deeds Of those who do wrong. He but giveth them respite Against a Day when The eyes will fixedly stare In horror,—

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:42
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those are they whose hearts, Ears, and eyes God has sealed up And they take no heed.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:108
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We have made, above you, Seven tracts; and We Are never unmindful Of (Our) Creation,

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:17
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    And say: "Praise be to God, Who will soon show you His Signs, so that ye Shall know them"; and thy Lord Is not unmindful Of all that ye do.

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:93
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    They know but the outer (Things) in the life Of this world: but Of the End of things They are heedless.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:7
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    In order that thou mayest Admonish a people, Whose fathers had received No admonition, and who Therefore remain heedless (Of the Signs of God).

    Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:6
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    And who is more astray Than one who invokes, Besides God, such as will Not answer him to the Day Of Judgment, and who (In fact) are unconscious Of their call (to them)?

    Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:5