خ و ف Root kh-w-f in the Qur’an 124 occurrences in 112 verses

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خافَ 83 times

• 2:182 · Al-Baqarahخَافَ fearsBut if one fears from the bequeather [some] error or sin and corrects that which is between them, there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:229 · Al-Baqarahيَخَافَآ both fearDivorce is twice. Then, either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah - it is those who are the wrongdoers.
• 2:229 · Al-Baqarahخِفْتُمْ you fearDivorce is twice. Then, either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allah. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah - it is those who are the wrongdoers.
• 2:239 · Al-Baqarahخِفْتُمْ you fearAnd if you fear [an enemy, then pray] on foot or riding. But when you are secure, then remember Allah [in prayer], as He has taught you that which you did not [previously] know.
• 3:175 · Ali 'Imranتَخَافُوهُمْ fear themThat is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters. So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are [indeed] believers.
• 3:175 · Ali 'Imranوَخَافُونِ but fear MeThat is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters. So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are [indeed] believers.
• 4:3 · An-Nisaخِفْتُمْ you fearAnd if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice].
• 4:3 · An-Nisaخِفْتُمْ you fearAnd if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice].
• 4:9 · An-Nisaخَافُوا۟ (and) they would have fearedAnd let those [executors and guardians] fear [injustice] as if they [themselves] had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.
• 4:34 · An-Nisaتَخَافُونَ you fearMen are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.
• 4:35 · An-Nisaخِفْتُمْ you fearAnd if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things].
• 4:101 · An-Nisaخِفْتُمْ you fearAnd when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.
• 4:128 · An-Nisaخَافَتْ fearsAnd if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them - and settlement is best. And present in [human] souls is stinginess. But if you do good and fear Allah - then indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.
• 5:23 · Al-Ma'idahيَخَافُونَ feared (Allah)Said two men from those who feared [to disobey] upon whom Allah had bestowed favor, "Enter upon them through the gate, for when you have entered it, you will be predominant. And upon Allah rely, if you should be believers."
• 5:28 · Al-Ma'idahأَخَافُ fearIf you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds.
• 5:54 · Al-Ma'idahيَخَافُونَ fearingO you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, powerful against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
• 5:94 · Al-Ma'idahيَخَافُهُۥ fears HimO you who have believed, Allah will surely test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach, that Allah may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment.
• 5:108 · Al-Ma'idahيَخَافُوٓا۟ they would fearThat is more likely that they will give testimony according to its [true] objective, or [at least] they would fear that [other] oaths might be taken after their oaths. And fear Allah and listen; and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
• 6:15 · Al-An'amأَخَافُ [I] fearSay, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
• 6:51 · Al-An'amيَخَافُونَ fearAnd warn by the Qur'an those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord - for them besides Him will be no protector and no intercessor - that they might become righteous.
• 6:80 · Al-An'amأَخَافُ (do) I fearAnd his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allah while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him [and will not be harmed] unless my Lord should will something. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will you not remember?
• 6:81 · Al-An'amأَخَافُ could I fearAnd how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?
• 6:81 · Al-An'amتَخَافُونَ you fearAnd how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?
• 7:59 · Al-A'rafأَخَافُ [I] fearWe had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day.
• 8:26 · Al-Anfalتَخَافُونَ fearingAnd remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.
• 8:48 · Al-Anfalأَخَافُ [I] fearAnd [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed I fear Allah. And Allah is severe in penalty."
• 8:58 · Al-Anfalتَخَافَنَّ you fearIf you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allah does not like traitors.
• 9:28 · At-Tawbahخِفْتُمْ you fearO you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.
• 10:15 · Yunusأَخَافُ [I] fearAnd when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Bring us a Qur'an other than this or change it." Say, [O Muhammad], "It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
• 11:3 · Hudأَخَافُ fearAnd [saying], "Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favor his favor. But if you turn away, then indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a great Day.

Also in 53 more places: 11:26, 11:70, 11:84, 11:103, 12:13, 13:21, 14:14, 14:14, 16:50, 17:57, 19:5, 19:45, 20:21, 20:45, 20:46, 20:68, 20:77, 20:112, 24:37, 24:50, 26:12, 26:14, 26:21, 26:135, 27:10, 27:10, 28:7, 28:7, 28:25, 28:31, 28:33, 28:34, 29:33, 30:28, 38:22, 39:13, 40:26, 40:30, 40:32, 41:30, 46:21, 48:27, 50:45, 51:28, 51:37, 55:46, 59:16, 72:13, 74:53, 76:7, 76:10, 79:40, 91:15

خَوْف 26 times

• 2:38 · Al-Baqarahخَوْفٌ fearWe said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 2:62 · Al-Baqarahخَوْفٌ fearIndeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 2:112 · Al-Baqarahخَوْفٌ fearYes [on the contrary], whoever submits his face in Islam to Allah while being a doer of good will have his reward with his Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 2:155 · Al-Baqarahٱلْخَوْفِ [the] fearAnd We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,
• 2:262 · Al-Baqarahخَوْفٌ fearThose who spend their wealth in the way of Allah and then do not follow up what they have spent with reminders [of it] or [other] injury will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 2:274 · Al-Baqarahخَوْفٌ fearThose who spend their wealth [in Allah 's way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 2:277 · Al-Baqarahخَوْفٌ fearIndeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakah will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 3:170 · Ali 'Imranخَوْفٌ fearRejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 4:83 · An-Nisaٱلْخَوْفِ [the] fearAnd when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have followed Satan, except for a few.
• 5:69 · Al-Ma'idahخَوْفٌ fearIndeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muhammad] and those [before Him] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 6:48 · Al-An'amخَوْفٌ fearAnd We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 7:35 · Al-A'rafخَوْفٌ fearO children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 7:49 · Al-A'rafخَوْفٌ fear[Allah will say], "Are these the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allah would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O People of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."
• 7:56 · Al-A'rafخَوْفًۭا (in) fearAnd cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.
• 10:62 · Yunusخَوْفٌ fearUnquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve
• 10:83 · Yunusخَوْفٍۢ fearBut no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors
• 13:12 · Ar-Ra'dخَوْفًۭا a fearIt is He who shows you lightening, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.
• 16:112 · An-Nahlوَٱلْخَوْفِ and the fearAnd Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah. So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
• 24:55 · An-Nurخَوْفِهِمْ their fearAllah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.
• 30:24 · Ar-Rumخَوْفًۭا (causing) fearAnd of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.
• 32:16 · As-Sajdahخَوْفًۭا (in) fearThey arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.
• 33:19 · Al-Ahzabٱلْخَوْفُ the fearIndisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allah has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allah, easy.
• 33:19 · Al-Ahzabٱلْخَوْفُ the fearIndisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allah has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allah, easy.
• 43:68 · Az-Zukhrufخَوْفٌ fear[To whom Allah will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,
• 46:13 · Al-Ahqafخَوْفٌ fearIndeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 106:4 · Qurayshخَوْفٍۭ fearWho has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.

خِيفَة 6 times

• 7:205 · Al-A'rafوَخِيفَةًۭ and (in) fearAnd remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.
• 11:70 · Hudخِيفَةًۭ ۚ [a fear]But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."
• 13:13 · Ar-Ra'dخِيفَتِهِۦ fear of HimAnd the thunder exalts [Allah] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah; and He is severe in assault.
• 20:67 · Ta-Haخِيفَةًۭ a fearAnd he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.
• 30:28 · Ar-Rumكَخِيفَتِكُمْ as you fearHe presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.
• 51:28 · Adh-Dhariyatخِيفَةًۭ ۖ a fearAnd he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

يُخَوِّفُ 4 times

• 3:175 · Ali 'Imranيُخَوِّفُ frightens (you)That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters. So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are [indeed] believers.
• 17:60 · Al-Israوَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ And We threaten themAnd [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
• 39:16 · Az-Zumarيُخَوِّفُ threatensThey will have canopies of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allah threatens His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.
• 39:36 · Az-Zumarوَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ And they threaten youIs not Allah sufficient for His Servant [Prophet Muhammad]? And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him. And whoever Allah leaves astray - for him there is no guide.

خائِف 3 times

• 2:114 · Al-Baqarahخَآئِفِينَ ۚ (like) those in fearAnd who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allah from being mentioned in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment.
• 28:18 · Al-Qasasخَآئِفًۭا fearfulAnd he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."
• 28:21 · Al-Qasasخَآئِفًۭا fearingSo he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

تَخَوُّف 1 time

• 16:47 · An-Nahlتَخَوُّفٍۢ a gradual wastingOr that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

تَخْوِيف 1 time

• 17:59 · Al-Israتَخْوِيفًۭا (as) a warningAnd nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

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.