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Lam-Fa-Ta
To turn aside/round, pervert, bend, look back/about, wring, twist, avert (the face) from.
lafata
vb. (I)
10:78
قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا الْكِبْرِيَاءُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
Qālū 'Aji'tanā Litalfitanā `Ammā Wajadnā `Alayhi 'Ābā'anā Wa Takūna Lakumā Al-Kibriyā'u Fī Al-'ArĐi Wa Mā Naĥnu Lakumā Bimu'uminīna
They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away from that which we found our fathers upon, and so that you two would have greatness in the land? We will not believe in you."
iltafata
vb. (VIII)
11:81
قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْع ٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَلاَ يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَد ٌ إِلاَّ امْرَأَتَكَ إِنَّه ُُ مُصِيبُهَا مَا أَصَابَهُمْ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُ أَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيب ٍ
Qālū Yā Lūţu 'Innā Rusulu Rabbika Lan Yaşilū 'Ilayka Fa'asri Bi'ahlika Biqiţ`in Mina Al-Layli Wa Lā Yaltafit Minkum 'Aĥadun 'Illā Amra'ataka 'Innahu Muşībuhā Mā 'Aşābahum 'Inna Maw`idahumu Aş-Şubĥu 'Alaysa Aş-Şubĥu Biqarībin
They said: "O Lot, we are messengers of your Lord; they will not be able to harm you, so travel with your family during the cover of the night and let not any of you look back except for your wife, she will be afflicted with what they will be afflicted. Their scheduled time will be the morning. Is the morning not near?"
15:65
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْع ٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلاَ يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَد ٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
Fa'asri Bi'ahlika Biqiţ`in Mina Al-Layli Wa Attabi` 'Adbārahum Wa Lā Yaltafit Minkum 'Aĥadun Wa AmĐū Ĥaythu Tu'umarūna
"So let your family leave during the late hours of the night, and you follow just behind them, and do not let any of you look back, and go to where you are commanded."
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