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The root trf (ت ر ف) occurs 8 times in Quran, in 2 derived forms:
  • 3 times as form IV passive verb atrf
  • 5 times as form IV passive noun mtrfyn

atrf

1

11:116

BUT, ALAS, among those generations [whom We destroyed] before your time there were no people endowed with any virtue* - [people] who would speak out against the [spread of] corruption on earth -except the few of them whom We saved [because of their righteousness], whereas those who were bent on evildoing only pursued pleasures which corrupted their whole being,* and so lost themselves in sinning.

flwla kan mn alqrwn mn qblkm awlwa bqyẗ ynhwn An alfsad fy alarD ala qlyla mmn anjyna mnhm watbA alźyn Zlmwa ma atrfwa fyh wkanwa mjrmyn

فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم اولوا بقية ينهون عن الفساد فى الارض الا قليلا ممن انجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما اترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين

2

21:13

[and at the same time they seemed to hear a scornful voice]: “Do not try to flee, but return to all that [once] gave you pleasure and corrupted your whole being.* and [return] to your homes, so that you might be called to account [for what you have done]!''*

la trkDwa warjAwa alya ma atrftm fyh wmsaknkm lAlkm tslwn

لا تركضوا وارجعوا الى ما اترفتم فيه ومسكنكم لعلكم تسلون

3

23:33

And [every time] the great ones among his people, who refused to acknowledge the truth and gave the lie to the announcement of a life to come - [simply] because We had granted them ease and plenty in [their] worldly life, and they had become corrupted by it* [every time] they would say: “This [man] is nothing hut a mortal like yourselves, eating of what you eat, and drinking of what you drink:

wqal almla mn qwmh alźyn kfrwa wkźbwa blqaa alaaKrẗ watrfnahm fy alHywaẗ aldnya ma haźa ala bşr mślkm yakl mma taklwn mnh wyşrb mma tşrbwn

وقال الملا من قومه الذين كفروا وكذبوا بلقاء الءاخرة واترفنهم فى الحيوة الدنيا ما هذا الا بشر مثلكم ياكل مما تاكلون منه ويشرب مما تشربون

mtrfyn

4

17:16

But when [this has been done, and] it is Our will to destroy a community, We convey Our last warning* to those of its people who have lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures;* and [if] they [continue to] act sinfully, the sentence [of doom] passed on the community takes effect, and We break it to smithereens.

waźa ardna an nhlk qryẗ amrna mtrfyha ffsqwa fyha fHq Alyha alqwl fdmrnaha tdmyra

واذا اردنا ان نهلك قرية امرنا مترفيها ففسقوا فيها فحق عليها القول فدمرنها تدميرا

5

23:64

until - after We shall have taken to task, through suffering, those from among them who [now] are lost in the pursuit of pleasures -* they cry out in [belated] supplication.

Htya aźa aKźna mtrfyhm balAźab aźa hm yjrwn

حتى اذا اخذنا مترفيهم بالعذاب اذا هم يجرون

6

34:34

For [thus it is:] whenever We sent a warner to any community, those of its people who had lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures would declare,* “Behold, we deny that there is any truth in [what you claim to be] your message!" –

wma arslna fy qryẗ mn nźyr ala qal mtrfwha ana bma arsltm bh kafrwn

وما ارسلنا فى قرية من نذير الا قال مترفوها انا بما ارسلتم به كفرون

7

43:23

And thus it is: whenever We sent, before thy time, a warner to any community, those of its people who had lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures* would always say, “Behold, we found our forefathers agreed on what to believe - and, verily, it is but in their footsteps that we follow!"*

wkźalk ma arslna mn qblk fy qryẗ mn nźyr ala qal mtrfwha ana wjdna aabaana Alya amẗ wana Alya aaśarhm mqtdwn

وكذلك ما ارسلنا من قبلك فى قرية من نذير الا قال مترفوها انا وجدنا ءاباءنا على امة وانا على ءاثرهم مقتدون

8

56:45

For, behold, in times gone by they were wont to abandon themselves wholly to the pursuit of pleasures,*

anhm kanwa qbl źalk mtrfyn

انهم كانوا قبل ذلك مترفين