وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
لفو
find
To come upon someone as present in a particular place or condition.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3
Roots: لفو
Lemmas: ألف
Forms: أَلْفَيْ · أَلْفَيَ · أَلْفَ
Occurrence examples (3 of 3)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.
وَٱسْتَبَقَا ٱلْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَهُۥ مِن دُبُرٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَا ٱلْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوٓءًا إِلَّآ أَن يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّينَ
Why this meaning was chosen
All three form-IV perfect occurrences introduce a person encountered in a stated setting or condition: ancestors upon a practice, the household master at the door, and ancestors astray. Person and number remain compositional.