أ ف ل
Most of the words in the Arabic language are derived from a three letter root like أ ف ل which represents a core meaning or concept
| Surah | Meaning / Occurrence | Aayat | |
| The root أ ف ل occurs in the holy Quran approximately 4 times | |||
| فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ | 6-76 | So, when the night covered over him, he saw a star, he said “This is my Lord” | فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًا قَالَ هَذَا رَبِّي |
| اسْمٌ فَاعِلٌ | but when it set, he said “Not I like the ones that set” | فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَا أُحِبُّ الأَفِلِيْنَ | |
| 6-77 | and when he saw the moon rising, he said “This is my Lord” | فَلَمَّا رَءَا القَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ هَذَا رَبِّي | |
| فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ | but when it set, he said “Certainly, if my Lord guides me not, I will surely be among the people who went astray | فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِنْ لَّمْ يَهْدِنِي رَبِّي لَأَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ القَوْمِ الضَّآلِّيْنَ | |
| 6-78 | and when he saw the sun rising, he said, “This is my Lord, this is greater | فَلَمَّا رَءَا الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَذَا رَبِّي هَذَآ أَكْبَرُ | |
| فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ | but when it set, he said, “O my people, truly I am free of what you associate” | فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَاقَوْمِ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُوْنَ | |