| 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 | 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)* | |||||
| 3 | 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;-* | |||||
| 4 | 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.* | |||||
| 5 | 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."* | |||||
| 6 | 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). | |||||