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أ ف ك Root ʾ-f-k in the Qur’an 30 occurrences in 29 verses

Occurrences
30
Verses
29
Surahs
21 of 114
Words
4

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root أ ف ك (ʾ-f-k) gives 4 words. It appears most in Al-Ahqaf (3), At-Tawbah (2), An-Nur (2).

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
أُفِكَverb16you deluded, they deluded, deluded
إِفْكnoun9lie, their falsehood, falsehood
مُؤْتَفِكَةnoun3overturned cities, towns overturned
أَفّاكnoun2liar

أُفِكَ 16 times

  • 5:75 · Al-Ma'idahيُؤْفَكُونَ they are deludedThe Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are deluded.
  • 6:95 · Al-An'amتُؤْفَكُونَ are you deludedIndeed, Allah is the cleaver of grain and date seeds. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living. That is Allah; so how are you deluded?
  • 7:117 · Al-A'rafيَأْفِكُونَ they (were) falsifyingAnd We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
  • 9:30 · At-Tawbahيُؤْفَكُونَ deluded are theyThe Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?
  • 10:34 · Yunusتُؤْفَكُونَ you are deludedSay, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, "Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?"
  • 26:45 · Ash-Shu'araيَأْفِكُونَ they falsifiedThen Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
  • 29:61 · Al-'Ankabutيُؤْفَكُونَ are they deludedIf you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allah." Then how are they deluded?
  • 30:55 · Ar-Rumيُؤْفَكُونَ deludedAnd the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
  • 35:3 · Fatirتُؤْفَكُونَ (are) you deludedO mankind, remember the favor of Allah upon you. Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the heaven and earth? There is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?
  • 40:62 · Ghafirتُؤْفَكُونَ are you deludedThat is Allah, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?
  • 40:63 · Ghafirيُؤْفَكُ were deludedThus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the signs of Allah.
  • 43:87 · Az-Zukhrufيُؤْفَكُونَ are they deludedAnd if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?
  • 46:22 · Al-Ahqafلِتَأْفِكَنَا to turn us awayThey said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
  • 51:9 · Adh-Dhariyatيُؤْفَكُ Deluded awayDeluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
  • 51:9 · Adh-Dhariyatأُفِكَ is deludedDeluded away from the Qur'an is he who is deluded.
  • 63:4 · Al-Munafiqunيُؤْفَكُونَ are they deludedAnd when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?

إِفْك 9 times

  • 24:11 · An-Nurبِٱلْإِفْكِ the lieIndeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment.
  • 24:12 · An-Nurإِفْكٌۭ (is) a lieWhy, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
  • 25:4 · Al-Furqanإِفْكٌ a lieAnd those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur'an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.
  • 29:17 · Al-'Ankabutإِفْكًا ۚ falsehoodYou only worship, besides Allah, idols, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allah do not possess for you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allah provision and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned."
  • 34:43 · Sabaإِفْكٌۭ a lieAnd when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."
  • 37:86 · As-Saffatأَئِفْكًا Is it falsehood Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allah you desire?
  • 37:151 · As-Saffatإِفْكِهِمْ their falsehoodUnquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,
  • 46:11 · Al-Ahqafإِفْكٌۭ (is) a lieAnd those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."
  • 46:28 · Al-Ahqafإِفْكُهُمْ (was) their falsehoodThen why did those they took besides Allah as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.

مُؤْتَفِكَة 3 times

  • 9:70 · At-Tawbahوَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚ and the towns overturnedHas there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] 'Aad and Thamud and the people of Abraham and the companions of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allah would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
  • 53:53 · An-Najmوَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ And the overturned citiesAnd the overturned towns He hurled down
  • 69:9 · Al-Haqqahوَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ and the overturned citiesAnd there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

أَفّاك 2 times

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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