Root

ص-ف-ر

ṣfr·s9-f-r

5 occurrences5 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
مُصْفَرّmuṣfarr3—
صَفْراءṣafrā1—
صُفْرṣufr1—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ص-ف-ر more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ص-ف-ر falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ص-ف-ر occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 5 of 604 pages (1%)

Densest in juzʾ 1 (1 occurrence). The longest stretch without it runs 399 pages — pages 11–409, juzʾ 1–21.

Occurrences · 5 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ص-ف-ر appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ص-ف-ر (ṣfr) occurs 5 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 5 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ص-ف-ر occur?

5 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ص-ف-ر (ṣfr), out of 5 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ص-ف-ر?

ص-ف-ر (ṣfr) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently مُصْفَرّ (muṣfarr, 3×), صَفْراء (ṣafrā, 1×), and صُفْر (ṣufr, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.