ح ن ف Root ḥ-n-f in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

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حَنِيف 12 times

• 2:135 · Al-Baqarahحَنِيفًۭا ۖ (the) uprightThey say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."
• 3:67 · Ali 'Imranحَنِيفًۭا a trueAbraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the polytheists.
• 3:95 · Ali 'Imranحَنِيفًۭا (the) uprightSay, "Allah has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."
• 4:125 · An-Nisaحَنِيفًۭا ۗ (the) uprightAnd who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allah while being a doer of good and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth? And Allah took Abraham as an intimate friend.
• 6:79 · Al-An'amحَنِيفًۭا ۖ (as) a true monotheistIndeed, I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah."
• 6:161 · Al-An'amحَنِيفًۭا ۚ a true monotheistSay, "Indeed, my Lord has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated others with Allah."
• 10:105 · Yunusحَنِيفًۭا uprightAnd [commanded], 'Direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth, and never be of those who associate others with Allah;
• 16:120 · An-Nahlحَنِيفًۭا uprightIndeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allah.
• 16:123 · An-Nahlحَنِيفًۭا ۖ uprightThen We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah.
• 22:31 · Al-Hajjحُنَفَآءَ Being uprightInclining [only] to Allah, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allah - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.
• 30:30 · Ar-Rumحَنِيفًۭا ۚ uprightSo direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
• 98:5 · Al-Bayyinahحُنَفَآءَ uprightAnd they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakah. And that is the correct religion.

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.