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Lam-Fa-Fa
To roll up, fold, wrap, involve, conjoin, be entangled (trees), be heaped, joined thick/dense and luxuriant/abundant.
alfaf
n.m. (pl. of liff)
78:16
وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافا ً
Wa Jannātin 'Alfāfāan
And gardens of thick growth?
17:104
وَقُلْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِه ِِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اسْكُنُوا الأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الآخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفا ً
Wa Qulnā Min Ba`dihi Libanī 'Isrā'īla Askunū Al-'ArĐa Fa'idhā Jā'a Wa`du Al-'Ākhirati Ji'nā Bikum Lafīfāan
And We said after him to the Children of Israel: "Dwell on the earth, then, when the time of the second promise comes, We will bring you all together as a mixed crowd."
iltaffa
vb. (VIII)
75:29
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
Wa Altaffati As-Sāqu Bis-Sāqi
And the leg is buckled around the other leg.
75:29 is said to be an idiomatic phrase denoting the affliction is combined with affliction, as the noun 'saq/shank/leg' is often used in the sense of hardship/difficulty/distress in many Arabic phrases.
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