to fear / to be afraid
Hollow verb (Form I). Past: khāfa, Present: yakhāfu. Takes min (من) for source of fear.
Kha-Waw-Fa
2 words from this root family
Kha-Waw-Fa (خ-و-ف) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: khāfa (to fear / to be afraid), khawf (fear).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 124 times in 112 verses, across 42 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:38. The form خَافَ (to fear / to be afraid) accounts for 83 of them.
Themes: Verbs, Emotions, Abstract Concepts
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
خَافَ khāfa | to fear / to be afraid | verb, A1 | 83× | Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling |
خَوْف khawf | fear | noun, B1 | 26× | Emotions & Feelings |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
قُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَWe said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from Me a guidance; and whoso followeth My guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌBut he who feareth from a testator some unjust or sinful clause, and maketh peace between the parties, (it shall be) no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥ فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَIt is only the devil who would make (men) fear his partisans. Fear them not; fear Me, if ye are true believers.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Hollow verb (Form I). Past: khāfa, Present: yakhāfu. Takes min (من) for source of fear.