| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 275 (2:275:34) | سَلَفَۜ | سلف | selefe | (has) passed | س ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who devour usury(324) will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil one by his touch Hath driven to madness(325). That is because they say: "Trade is like usury(326)," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).* | |||||
| 2 | Ali 'Imran Verse 144 (3:144:6) | خَلَتْ | خلت | ḣalet | passed away | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Muhammad is no more(460) than a messenger: many Were the messenger that passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then Turn back on your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to Allah. but Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude.* | |||||
| 3 | An-Nisa Verse 21 (4:21:4) | اَفْضٰى | افضى | efdâ | has gone | ف ض و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant? | |||||
| 4 | An-Nisa Verse 22 (4:22:11) | سَلَفَۜ | سلف | selef(e) | passed before | س ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.(530)* | |||||
| 5 | An-Nisa Verse 23 (4:23:49) | سَلَفَۜ | سلف | selef(e) | passed before | س ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:-(531) Your mothers, daughters,(532) sisters; father´s sisters, Mother´s sisters; brother´s daughters, sister´s daughters; foster-mothers(533) (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives´ mothers; your stepdaughters under your(534) guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons(535) proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time,(536) except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 75 (5:75:8) | خَلَتْ | خلت | ḣalet | had passed | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth.(783) They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them;(784) yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 95 (5:95:42) | سَلَفَۜ | سلف | selef(e) | (has) passed | س ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb.(800) If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensation is an offering, brought to the Ka´ba, of a domestic animal equivalent to the one he killed,(801) as adjudged by two just men among you; or by way of atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts: that he may taste of the penalty of his deed. Allah forgives what is past: for repetition Allah will exact from him the penalty. For Allah is Exalted, and Lord of Retribution.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Anfal Verse 38 (8:38:0) | سَلَفَۚ | سلف | selefe | (is) past | س ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them). | |||||
| 9 | Al-Anfal Verse 68 (8:68:0) | سَبَقَ | سبق | sebeka | preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Had it not been for a previous ordainment(1235) from Allah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.* | |||||
| 10 | Yunus Verse 102 (10:102:0) | خَلَوْا | خلوا | ḣalev | passed away | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of the men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I, too, will wait with you."(1484)* | |||||
| 11 | Hud Verse 110 (11:110:9) | سَبَقَتْ | سبقت | sebekat | (that) preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would have been decided(1613) between them, but they are in suspicious doubt concerning it.(1614)* | |||||
| 12 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 30 (13:30:6) | خَلَتْ | خلت | ḣalet | have passed away | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thus have we sent thee amongst a People before whom (long since) have (other) Peoples (gone and) passed away;(1845) in order that thou mightest rehearse unto them what We send down unto thee by inspiration; yet do they reject (Him), the Most Gracious! Say: "He is my Lord! There is no god but He! On Him is my trust, and to Him do I turn!"(1846)* | |||||
| 13 | Al-Hijr Verse 10 (15:10:7) | الْاَوَّل۪ينَ | الاولين | l-evvelîn(e) | (of) the former (people) | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects(1945) of old:* | |||||
| 14 | Ta-Ha Verse 99 (20:99:8) | سَبَقَۚ | سبق | sebak(a) | has preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.(2625)* | |||||
| 15 | Al-Anbiya Verse 101 (21:101:3) | سَبَقَتْ | سبقت | sebekat | has gone forth | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those for whom the good (record) from Us has gone before, will be removed far therefrom.(2756)* | |||||
| 16 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 24 (23:24:26) | الْاَوَّل۪ينَۚ | الاولين | l-evvelîn(e) | our forefathers | أ و ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiority over you: if Allah had wished(2885) (to send messengers), He could have sent down angels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among our ancestors of old."* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 27 (23:27:22) | سَبَقَ | سبق | sebeka | (has) preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We inspired him (with this message): "Construct the Ark within Our sight(2887) and under Our guidance: then when comes Our Command, and the fountains of the earth(2888) gush forth, take thou on board pairs of every species, male(2889) and female, and thy family- except those of them against whom the Word has already gone forth:(2890) And address Me not in favour of the wrong-doers; for they shall be drowned (in the Flood).* | |||||
| 18 | Fatir Verse 24 (35:24:10) | خَلَا | خلا | ḣalâ | had passed | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings,(3907) and as a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner having lived among them (in the past).* | |||||
| 19 | As-Saffat Verse 171 (37:171:2) | سَبَقَتْ | سبقت | sebekat | has preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to our Servants sent (by Us), | |||||
| 20 | Sad Verse 3 (38:3:8) | وَلَاتَ | ولات | velâte | when there (was) no longer | ل و ت |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried(4149) (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!* | |||||
| 21 | Fussilat Verse 25 (41:25:17) | خَلَتْ | خلت | ḣalet | (that have) passed away | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We have destined for them intimate companions(4492) (of like nature), who made alluring to them what was before them and behind them;(4493) and the sentence among the previous generations of Jinns(4494) and men, who have passed away, is proved against them; for they are utterly lost.(4495) T h e N o b l e Q u r ’ a n* | |||||
| 22 | Fussilat Verse 45 (41:45:9) | سَبَقَتْ | سبقت | sebekat | (that) preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but disputes arose therein. Had it not been for a Word(4518) that went forth before from thy Lord, (their differences) would have been settled between them: but they remained in suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.* | |||||
| 23 | Ash-Shura Verse 14 (42:14:13) | سَبَقَتْ | سبقت | sebekat | (that) preceded | س ب ق |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And they became divided(4544) only after Knowledge reached them,- through selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before(4545) from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the matter would have been settled between them: But truly those who have inherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting)(4546) doubt concerning it.* | |||||
| 24 | Az-Zukhruf Verse 56 (43:56:2) | سَلَفًا | سلفا | selefen | a precedent | س ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We made them (a people) of the Past(4658) and an Example to later ages.* | |||||
| 25 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 17 (46:17:9) | وَقَدْ | وقد | ve kad | and have already passed away | قَدْ |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But (there is one)(4793) who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do ye hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though generations have passed before me (without rising again)?" And they two seek Allah.s aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! for the promise of Allah is true." But he says, "This is nothing but tales of the ancients!"* | |||||
| 26 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 17 (46:17:10) | خَلَتِ | خلت | ḣaleti | and have already passed away | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But (there is one)(4793) who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do ye hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though generations have passed before me (without rising again)?" And they two seek Allah.s aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! for the promise of Allah is true." But he says, "This is nothing but tales of the ancients!"* | |||||
| 27 | Al-Fath Verse 2 (48:2:5) | تَقَدَّمَ | تقدم | tekaddeme | preceded | ق د م |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | That Allah may forgive thee(4867) thy faults of the past and those to follow; fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;* | |||||
| 28 | At-Tahrim Verse 3 (66:3:16) | وَاَعْرَضَ | واعرض | ve a’rada | and avoided | ع ر ض |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence(5532) to one of his consorts, and she then divulged it (to another), and Allah made it known to him, he Confronted(5533) her with part thereof and held back a part. Then when he told her thereof, she said, "Who told thee this? "He said, "He told me Who knows and is well-acquainted (With all things)."* | |||||
| 29 | Al-Haqqah Verse 24 (69:24:8) | الْخَالِيَةِ | الخالية | l-ḣâliye(ti) | past | خ ل و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you,(5655) in the days that are gone!"(5656)* | |||||