خ ف ف Root kh-f-f in the Qur’an 17 occurrences in 17 verses

Words from this root

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

خَفَّفَ 8 times

• 2:86 · Al-Baqarahيُخَفَّفُ will be lightenedThose are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.
• 2:162 · Al-Baqarahيُخَفَّفُ will be lightenedAbiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
• 3:88 · Ali 'Imranيُخَفَّفُ will be lightenedAbiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
• 4:28 · An-Nisaيُخَفِّفَ lightenAnd Allah wants to lighten for you [your difficulties]; and mankind was created weak.
• 8:66 · Al-Anfalخَفَّفَ has (been) lightenedNow, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.
• 16:85 · An-Nahlيُخَفَّفُ it will be lightenedAnd when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
• 35:36 · Fatirيُخَفَّفُ will be lightenedAnd for those who disbelieve will be the fire of Hell. [Death] is not decreed for them so they may die, nor will its torment be lightened for them. Thus do we recompense every ungrateful one.
• 40:49 · Ghafirيُخَفِّفْ (to) lightenAnd those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment."

اسْتَخَفَّ 3 times

• 16:80 · An-Nahlتَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا which you find lightAnd Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment; and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment for a time.
• 30:60 · Ar-Rumيَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ take you in light estimationSo be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And let them not disquiet you who are not certain [in faith].
• 43:54 · Az-Zukhrufفَٱسْتَخَفَّ So he bluffedSo he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].

خَفَّتْ 3 times

• 7:9 · Al-A'rafخَفَّتْ (will be) lightAnd those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.
• 23:103 · Al-Mu'minunخَفَّتْ (are) lightBut those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.
• 101:8 · Al-Qari'ahخَفَّتْ (are) lightBut as for one whose scales are light,

خَفِيف 2 times

• 7:189 · Al-A'rafخَفِيفًۭا lightIt is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful."
• 9:41 · At-Tawbahخِفَافًۭا lightGo forth, whether light or heavy, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allah. That is better for you, if you only knew.

تَخْفِيف 1 time

• 2:178 · Al-Baqarahتَخْفِيفٌۭ a concessionO 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.

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.