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Arabic root

خ-و-ف

Kha-Waw-Fa

2 words from this root family

About this root

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

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
خَافَ
khāfa
to fear / to be afraidverb, A183×Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling
خَوْف
khawf
fearnoun, B126×Emotions & Feelings

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

قُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

We 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.

Quran 2:38
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

But 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.

Quran 2:182
إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥ فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

It is only the devil who would make (men) fear his partisans. Fear them not; fear Me, if ye are true believers.

Quran 3:175

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).

Word cards with examples

A1verb
خَافَ
khāfa

to fear / to be afraid

Example
خافَ الطفلُ من الظلامِ
khāfa aṭ-ṭiflu min aẓ-ẓalāmi
The child was afraid of the dark
Grammar

Hollow verb (Form I). Past: khāfa, Present: yakhāfu. Takes min (من) for source of fear.

B1noun
خَوْف
khawf

fear

Example
الخَوفُ شُعورٌ طَبيعِيّ.
al-khawfu shuʿūrun ṭabīʿiyy.
Fear is a natural feeling.

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