Quranic root
لفح
l · f · ḥ
The root centers on being struck by scorching heat, especially when the face or surface is visibly affected.
The core thermal sense extends to fire, sun, and hot wind. A light sword blow is recorded as a secondary or metaphorical application, with its original basis questioned in favor of نفح.
- Maqāyīs · row 4195
- Lane · entry 9745
- Mufradāt · row 1311
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
لَفَحَ
lafaḥa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
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Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To strike and scorch with intense heat; to burn.
In the Quranic construction, fire is the agent and faces are the object: the fire scorches their faces. The form is attested as the active imperfect تَلْفَحُ.
- Lane · entry 9745
- Mufradāt · row 1311
Selected Quran examples
Quran 23:104word 1
“Will burn”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 23:104تَلْفَحُWill burn
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
لَفَحَ
To strike someone lightly or slightly with a sword.
Used with بِالسَّيْفِ; the blow is explicitly characterized as light or slight.
- Lane · entry 9745
- Mufradāt · row 1311
لَفْحَةٌ
A light or slight blow with a sword.
A noun for the corresponding slight sword stroke.
- Lane · entry 9747
لَفْحٌ
A blast or gust of heat, especially a burning hot wind such as ḥarūr or samūm.
Used for a hot blast or burning gust; the contrast with نفح concerns a cold or cool wind.
- Lane · entry 9746
لُفَّاحٌ
A well-known yellow, sweet-scented plant of the yَقْطِينِيّ kind.
The plant is described as one that people smell for its sweet odor and as resembling a yellowing eggplant.
- Lane · entry 9748
لُفَّاحٌ
The fruit or produce of the mandrake.
A botanical application of the same term to the mandrake’s fruit or produce.
- Lane · entry 9748
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The botanical Lane entry is headed in the extracted data as لُقَّاحٌ, while its body identifies the term as لُفَّاحٌ and discusses meanings consistent with that spelling; the public headword is normalized to لُفَّاحٌ based on the body and root context.