غ ف ل Root gh-f-l in the Qur’an 35 occurrences in 35 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

غافِل 27 times

• 2:74 · Al-Baqarahبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareThen your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 2:85 · Al-Baqarahبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareThen, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 2:140 · Al-Baqarahبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareOr do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allah?" And who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony he has from Allah? And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 2:144 · Al-Baqarahبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareWe have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
• 2:149 · Al-Baqarahبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareSo from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muhammad] turn your face toward al- Masjid al-Haram, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.
• 3:99 · Ali 'Imranبِغَـٰفِلٍ (is) unawareSay, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do."
• 6:131 · Al-An'amغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) unawareThat is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.
• 6:132 · Al-An'amبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareAnd for all are degrees from what they have done. And your Lord is not unaware of what they do.
• 6:156 · Al-An'amلَغَـٰفِلِينَ certainly unaware[We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"
• 7:136 · Al-A'rafغَـٰفِلِينَ heedlessSo We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.
• 7:146 · Al-A'rafغَـٰفِلِينَ heedlessI will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
• 7:172 · Al-A'rafغَـٰفِلِينَ unawareAnd [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."
• 7:179 · Al-A'rafٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) the heedlessAnd We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.
• 7:205 · Al-A'rafٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ the heedlessAnd remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.
• 10:7 · Yunusغَـٰفِلُونَ heedlessIndeed, those who do not expect the meeting with Us and are satisfied with the life of this world and feel secure therein and those who are heedless of Our signs
• 10:29 · Yunusلَغَـٰفِلِينَ certainly unawareAnd sufficient is Allah as a witness between us and you that we were of your worship unaware."
• 10:92 · Yunusلَغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) surely heedlessSo today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless
• 11:123 · Hudبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareAnd to Allah belong the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth and to Him will be returned the matter, all of it, so worship Him and rely upon Him. And your Lord is not unaware of that which you do.
• 12:3 · Yusufٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ the unawareWe relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.
• 12:13 · Yusufغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) unaware[Jacob] said, "Indeed, it saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that a wolf would eat him while you are of him unaware."
• 14:42 · Ibrahimغَـٰفِلًا (is) unawareAnd never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].
• 16:108 · An-Nahlٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ the heedlessThose are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allah has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.
• 23:17 · Al-Mu'minunغَـٰفِلِينَ unawareAnd We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.
• 27:93 · An-Namlبِغَـٰفِلٍ unawareAnd say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allah. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."
• 30:7 · Ar-Rumغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) heedlessThey know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.
• 36:6 · Ya-Sinغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) heedlessThat you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.
• 46:5 · Al-Ahqafغَـٰفِلُونَ (are) unawareAnd who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allah those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

غَفْلَة 5 times

• 19:39 · Maryamغَفْلَةٍۢ heedlessnessAnd warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.
• 21:1 · Al-Anbyaغَفْلَةٍۢ heedlessness[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
• 21:97 · Al-Anbyaغَفْلَةٍۢ heedlessnessAnd [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
• 28:15 · Al-Qasasغَفْلَةٍۢ (of) inattentionAnd he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."
• 50:22 · Qafغَفْلَةٍۢ heedlessness[It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover, so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

أَغْفَلْ 1 time

• 18:28 · Al-Kahfأَغْفَلْنَا We have made heedlessAnd keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.

تَغْفُلُ 1 time

• 4:102 · An-Nisaتَغْفُلُونَ you neglectAnd when you are among them and lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand [in prayer] with you and let them carry their arms. And when they have prostrated, let them be [in position] behind you and have the other group come forward which has not [yet] prayed and let them pray with you, taking precaution and carrying their arms. Those who disbelieve wish that you would neglect your weapons and your baggage so they could come down upon you in one [single] attack. But there is no blame upon you, if you are troubled by rain or are ill, for putting down your arms, but take precaution. Indeed, Allah has prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.

غافِلَة 1 time

• 24:23 · An-Nurٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِ the unaware womenIndeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.