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Waw-Sad-Fa
to describe (good or bad), assert something as a fact, achieve, ascribe, specify.
Yasifuun
(impf. 3rd. p. m. sing.)
they ascribe.
Tasifu
(impf. 3rd. p. f. sing.)
she expounds, ascribes.
Tasifuuna
(impf. 2nd. p. m. pl.)
Ye describe.
Wasfan
(n.)
act of ascribing or attributing, description.
wasafa
vb. (1) impf. act.
6:100
وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا لَه ُُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَات ٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْم ٍ سُبْحَانَه ُُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Wa Ja`alū Lillāhi Shurakā'a Al-Jinna Wa Khalaqahum Wa Kharaqū Lahu Banīna Wa Banātin Bighayri `Ilmin Subĥānahu Wa Ta`ālá `Ammā Yaşifūna
And they set up partners with God from among the Jinn, while He had created them. And they invented for Him sons and daughters without them having any knowledge! Be He glorified and exalted above what they describe.
12:18
وَجَاءُوا عَلَى قَمِيصِه ِِ بِدَم ٍ كَذِب ٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرا ً فَصَبْر ٌ جَمِيل ٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ
Wa Jā'ū `Alá Qamīşihi Bidamin Kadhibin Qāla Bal Sawwalat Lakum 'Anfusukum 'Amrāan Faşabrun Jamīlun Wa Allāhu Al-Musta`ānu `Alá Mā Taşifūna
And they came with his shirt stained in false blood. He said: "You have invented this tale yourselves. So sweet patience, and God is sought for help against what you describe."
12:77
قَالُوا إِنْ يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخ ٌ لَه ُُ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَأَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ فِي نَفْسِه ِِ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ قَالَ أَنْتُمْ شَرّ ٌ مَكَانا ً وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ
Qālū 'In Yasriq Faqad Saraqa 'Akhun Lahu Min Qablu Fa'asarrahā Yūsufu Fī Nafsihi Wa Lam Yubdihā Lahum Qāla 'Antum Sharrun Makānāan Wa Allāhu 'A`lamu Bimā Taşifūna
They said: "If he has stolen, there was a brother of his before who also had stolen." Joseph kept this all inside himself, and did not reveal anything to them. He said: "You are in an awkward position, and God best knows what you describe."
16:62
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنَى لاَ جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَأَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ
Wa Yaj`alūna Lillāhi Mā Yakrahūna Wa Taşifu 'Alsinatuhumu Al-Kadhiba 'Anna Lahumu Al-Ĥusná Lā Jarama 'Anna Lahumu An-Nāra Wa 'Annahum Mufraţūna
And they assign to God what they hate, and their tongues describe with lies that they will have what is good. No doubt they will have the Fire, for they have rebelled.
16:116
وَلاَ تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَذَا حَلاَل ٌ وَهَذَا حَرَام ٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لاَ يُفْلِحُونَ
Wa Lā Taqūlū Limā Taşifu 'Alsinatukumu Al-Kadhiba Hādhā Ĥalālun Wa Hadhā Ĥarāmun Litaftarū `Alá Allāhi Al-Kadhiba 'Inna Al-Ladhīna Yaftarūna `Alá Allāhi Al-Kadhiba Lā Yufliĥūna
And do not say, as to what your tongues falsely describe: "This is lawful, and that is forbidden;" that you seek to invent lies about God. Those who invent lies about God will not succeed.
21:18
بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُه ُُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِق ٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ
Bal Naqdhifu Bil-Ĥaqqi `Alá Al-Bāţili Fayadmaghuhu Fa'idhā Huwa Zāhiqun Wa Lakumu Al-Waylu Mimmā Taşifūna
No, We cast with the truth upon the falsehood, so it disrupts it, and then it retreats. And woe to you for what you have described.
21:22
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَة ٌ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Law Kāna Fīhimā 'Ālihatun 'Illā Allāhu Lafasadatā Fasubĥāna Allāhi Rabbi Al-`Arshi `Ammā Yaşifūna
If there were gods in them except for God, then they would have been ruined. Glory be to God, the Lord of the Throne from what they describe.
21:112
قَالَ رَبِّ احْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحْمَنُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ
Qāla Rabbi Aĥkum Bil-Ĥaqqi Wa Rabbunā Ar-Raĥmānu Al-Musta`ānu `Alá Mā Taşifūna
He said: "My Lord, judge with the truth. And our Lord, the Almighty, is sought for what you describe."
23:91
مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْ وَلَد ٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَه ُُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ~ ٍ إِذا ً لَذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَه ٍ ٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلاَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْض ٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Mā Attakhadha Allāhu Min Waladin Wa Mā Kāna Ma`ahu Min 'Ilahin 'Idhāan Ladhahaba Kullu 'Ilahin Bimā Khalaqa Wa La`alā Ba`Đuhum `Alá Ba`Đin Subĥāna Allāhi `Ammā Yaşifūna
God has not taken a son, nor is there with Him any god. If it were so, then every god would have taken what he created and they would have tried to overtake each other. God be glorified against what they describe!
23:96
ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ
Adfa` Bi-Atī Hiya 'Aĥsanu As-Sayyi'ata Naĥnu 'A`lamu Bimā Yaşifūna
Push away evil with that which is better. We are better aware of what they describe.
37:159
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Subĥāna Allāhi `Ammā Yaşifūna
God be glorified from what they describe.
37:180
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Subĥāna Rabbika Rabbi Al-`Izzati `Ammā Yaşifūna
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of greatness, for what they have described.
43:82
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Subĥāna Rabbi As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'ArĐi Rabbi Al-`Arshi `Ammā Yaşifūna
Glory be to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from what they describe.
n.vb.
6:139
وَقَالُوا مَا فِي بُطُونِ هَذِهِ الأَنعَامِ خَالِصَة ٌ لِذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِنَا وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مَيْتَة ً فَهُمْ فِيه ِِ شُرَكَاءُ سَيَجْزِيهِمْ وَصْفَهُمْ إِنَّه ُُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيم ٌ
Wa Qālū Mā Fī Buţūni Hadhihi Al-'An`āmi Khālişatun Lidhukūrinā Wa Muĥarramun `Alá 'Azwājinā Wa 'In Yakun Maytatan Fahum Fīhi Shurakā'u Sayajzīhim Waşfahum 'Innahu Ĥakīmun `Alīmun
And they said: "What is in the bellies of these livestock is purely for our males and unlawful for our wives, and if comes out dead, then they will be partners in it." God will recompense them for what they describe. He is Wise, Knowledgeable.
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