Quran glossary · draft

لطف

discreet conduct

Careful, unobtrusive conduct that avoids attracting notice.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: لطف

Lemmas: يتلطف

Forms: يَتَلَطَّفْ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

18:19

وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The divine adjective combines imperceptibility, exact knowledge, gentle providence, and provision: God is unseen by sight yet sees, brings a mustard seed from concealment, greens the earth through rain, arranges Joseph's outcome, and provides for servants. Form V directs a person to conduct himself with matching delicacy so that no one detects the group.