Rizwan Zubair

Root ط ف ف ṭ-f-f

Quranic citations in this entry: 1 · اردو

ط ف فṭ-f-f

(ن) طَفَّ يَطُفُّ طَفًّاṭaffa yaṭuffu ṭaffan (original form: طَفَفَ يَطْفُفُṭafafa yaṭfufu): to come close to something; to reach the edge.

طَفِيْفṭafīf: a little; deficient.

Form II (tafʿīl) طَفَّفَ يُطَفِّفُ تَطْفِيْفًاṭaffafa yuṭaffifu taṭfīfan: to give short measure or weight; مُطَفِّفmuṭaffif pl. مُطَفِّفِيْنmuṭaffifīn (active participle, ism fāʿil) — and from this comes the name of the surah. The lexicographers' point: it was called taṭfīf because the thief steals only a very little, and that is precisely its gravity — that such a threat was pronounced over so petty a theft. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Muṭaffifīn 83:1).

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