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غافِل

ghāfilūna

(are) unaware

অমনোযোগী

Root letters: غ ف لAppears 27 times in the Qur'an#400 most frequentActive participle (ism fāʿil)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form I
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About this word

Active participle (ism fāʿil)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form IRoot letters: غ ف ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)غَـٰفِلًا10 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)غَـٰفِلُونَ17 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • بِغَـٰفِلٍunawarebighāfilin · 9 times
  • غَـٰفِلُونَ(are) unawareghāfilūna · 6 times
  • غَـٰفِلِينَheedlessghāfilīna · 4 times
  • لَغَـٰفِلِينَcertainly unawarelaghāfilīna · 2 times
  • ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ(are) the heedlessl-ghāfilūna · 2 times
  • ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَthe heedlessl-ghāfilīna · 2 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root غ ف ل — know one root, recognise many words.

  • غَفْلَةheedlessnessউদাসীনতার
  • أَغْفَلْWe have made heedlessআমরা অমনোযোগী করে দিয়েছি
  • تَغْفُلُyou neglectগাফিল হও তোমরা
  • غافِلَةthe unaware womenসাদাসিধা

Examples from the Qur'an

That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.

Surah 36:6 — Read full ayah

And for all are degrees [i.e., positions resulting] from what they have done. And your Lord is not unaware of what they do.

Surah 6:132 — Read full ayah

That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.

Surah 6:131 — Read full ayah