Rizwan Zubair

Root س ر ف s-r-f

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س ر فs-r-f

(س) سَرِفَ يَسْرَفُ سَرَفًاsarifa yasrafu sarafan: (of a thing) to be more than is needed.

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَسْرَفَ يُسْرِفُ اِسْرَافًاasrafa yusrifu isrāfan: to make a thing exceed what is needed; to go beyond bounds in something. ﴿وَكُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوْا﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:31); ﴿قُلْ يٰعِبَادِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسْرَفُوْا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ﴾ (Az-Zumar 39:53); ﴿وَلَا تَاْكُلُوْهَآ اِسْرَافًا﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:6)

مُسْرِفٌmusrif (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who exceeds the bounds; prodigal. ﴿اِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:31)

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