ص د ف ṣ-d-f
صَدَفَ
ṣadafa
(lit., one of the two opposite sides of a mountain); to turn the side of one’s face away from; the two sides of a mountain.
Definition
- 1صَدَفَṣadafato turn away from4
- 2صَدَفَيْنِṣadafaynthe two sides of a mountain1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 5
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
يَصْدِفُونَ · صَدَفَ
أَوْ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةٌۭ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا سَنَجْزِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْدِفُونَ
... and who turned away from those revelations.
6:157draft glosses: 35 of 35
Sense 2
الصَّدَفَيْنِ
ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًۭا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًۭا
Then, when he had filled up the gap between the two sides of the two mountains...
18:96draft glosses: 19 of 19
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed