ع ف و Root ʿ-f-w in the Qur’an 35 occurrences in 31 verses

Words from this root

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

عَفا 27 times

• 2:52 · Al-Baqarahعَفَوْنَا We forgaveThen We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.
• 2:109 · Al-Baqarahفَٱعْفُوا۟ So forgiveMany of the People of the Scripture wish they could turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy from themselves [even] after the truth has become clear to them. So pardon and overlook until Allah delivers His command. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
• 2:178 · Al-Baqarahعُفِىَ is pardonedO you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.
• 2:187 · Al-Baqarahوَعَفَا and He forgaveIt has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.
• 2:237 · Al-Baqarahيَعْفُونَ they (women) forgo (it)And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allah, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
• 2:237 · Al-Baqarahيَعْفُوَا۟ forgoesAnd if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allah, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
• 2:237 · Al-Baqarahتَعْفُوٓا۟ you forgoAnd if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allah, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
• 2:286 · Al-Baqarahوَٱعْفُ And pardonAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 3:152 · Ali 'Imranعَفَا He forgaveAnd Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then he turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allah is the possessor of bounty for the believers.
• 3:155 · Ali 'Imranعَفَا forgaveIndeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allah has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 3:159 · Ali 'Imranفَٱعْفُ Then pardonSo by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in the matter. And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him].
• 4:99 · An-Nisaيَعْفُوَ pardonFor those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 4:149 · An-Nisaتَعْفُوا۟ pardonIf [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Competent.
• 4:153 · An-Nisaفَعَفَوْنَا then We forgave themThe People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
• 5:13 · Al-Ma'idahفَٱعْفُ But forgiveSo for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.
• 5:15 · Al-Ma'idahوَيَعْفُوا۟ and overlookingO People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book.
• 5:95 · Al-Ma'idahعَفَا PardonedO you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allah] delivered to the Ka'bah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his deed. Allah has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allah will take retribution from him. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.
• 5:101 · Al-Ma'idahعَفَا has (been) pardonedO you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 7:95 · Al-A'rafعَفَوا۟ they increasedThen We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
• 9:43 · At-Tawbahعَفَا (May) Allah forgiveMay Allah pardon you, [O Muhammad]; why did you give them permission [to remain behind]? [You should not have] until it was evident to you who were truthful and you knew [who were] the liars.
• 9:66 · At-Tawbahنَّعْفُ We pardonMake no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
• 24:22 · An-Nurوَلْيَعْفُوا۟ And let them pardonAnd let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allah, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 42:25 · Ash-Shuraوَيَعْفُوا۟ and pardonsAnd it is He who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.
• 42:30 · Ash-Shuraوَيَعْفُوا۟ But He pardonsAnd whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
• 42:34 · Ash-Shuraوَيَعْفُ but He pardonsOr He could destroy them for what they earned; but He pardons much.
• 42:40 · Ash-Shuraعَفَا pardonsAnd the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allah. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.
• 64:14 · At-Taghabunتَعْفُوا۟ you pardonO you who have believed, indeed, among your wives and your children are enemies to you, so beware of them. But if you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

عَفُوّ 5 times

• 4:43 · An-Nisaعَفُوًّا Oft-PardoningO you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 4:99 · An-Nisaعَفُوًّا Oft-PardoningFor those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 4:149 · An-Nisaعَفُوًّۭا Oft-PardoningIf [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Competent.
• 22:60 · Al-Hajjلَعَفُوٌّ (is) surely Oft-PardoningThat [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - Allah will surely aid him. Indeed, Allah is Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 58:2 · Al-Mujadilaلَعَفُوٌّ (is) surely, Oft-PardoningThose who pronounce thihar among you [to separate] from their wives - they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them. And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood. But indeed, Allah is Pardoning and Forgiving.

عَفْو 2 times

• 2:219 · Al-Baqarahٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ The surplusThey ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allah makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought.
• 7:199 · Al-A'rafٱلْعَفْوَ (to) forgivenessTake what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

عافي 1 time

• 3:134 · Ali 'Imranوَٱلْعَافِينَ and those who pardonWho spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allah loves the doers of good;

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.