(ن) سَفَرَ يَسْفُرُ سُفُوْرًاsafara yasfuru sufūran: to become manifest by lifting the veil, to become bright; from this also comes سَفَرٌsafar (travel), because it lays bare a man's character.
سِفْرٌsifr pl. اَسْفَارٌasfār (noun, ism dhāt): book, since it unfolds meaning. ﴿كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ اَسْفَارًا﴾ (Al-Jumuʿah 62:5)
سَفَرَةٌsafarah (plural, singular سَافِرٌsāfir): the recording angels, scribes. ﴿بِاَيْدِيْ سَفَرَةٍ﴾ (ʿAbasa 80:15)
Form III (mufāʿalah) سَافَرَ يُسَافِرُ مُسَافَرَةً وَسِفَارًاsāfara yusāfiru musāfaratan wa-sifāran: to travel; to go from one place to another (this verb is not used in the Quran).
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَسْفَرَ يُسْفِرُ اِسْفَارًاasfara yusfiru isfāran: to become bright, to shine forth. ﴿وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَآ اَسْفَرَ﴾ (Al-Muddaththir 74:34)
مُسْفِرَةٌmusfirah (active participle, ism fāʿil): shining, radiant (face). ﴿وُجُوْهٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ﴾ (ʿAbasa 80:38)This root occurs 12 times in the Quran.