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ضَعْف

ḍaʿfan

weakness

দুর্বলতা

Root letters: ض ع فAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,568 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ض ع ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ضَعْفٍۢ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ضَعْفٍۢweaknessḍaʿfin · 2 times
  • ضَعْفًۭا ۚ(there) is weaknessḍaʿfan · 1 times
  • ضَعْفًۭاweaknessḍaʿfan · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ض ع ف — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

Allāh is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.

Surah 30:54 — Read full ayah

Now, Allāh has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the steadfast.

Surah 8:66 — Read full ayah