ز ل ف z-l-f
أَزْلَفْنَا
azlafna
(lit., to be close in time, space, or status)
Definition
- 1أَزْلَفْنَاazlafnato bring close9
- 2زُلَفًاzulafafirst hours of the night, close to daytime1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 10
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
أَزْلَفْنَا · أُزْلِفَت · زُلْفَى · زَلِفَة
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
And We advanced thereto the pursuers.
26:64draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous.
26:90draft glosses: 3 of 3
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ
So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
38:25draft glosses: 9 of 9
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةًۭ سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ
But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."
67:27draft glosses: 13 of 13
Sense 2
زُلَفًا
وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَىِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ إِنَّ ٱلْحَسَنَٰتِ يُذْهِبْنَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّٰكِرِينَ
And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.
11:114draft glosses: 14 of 14
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed