ر أ ف Root r-ʾ-f in the Qur’an 13 occurrences in 13 verses

Words from this root

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

رَءُوف 11 times

• 2:143 · Al-Baqarahلَرَءُوفٌۭ Full of KindnessAnd thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
• 2:207 · Al-Baqarahرَءُوفٌۢ (is) full of KindnessAnd of the people is he who sells himself, seeking means to the approval of Allah. And Allah is kind to [His] servants.
• 3:30 · Ali 'Imranرَءُوفٌۢ (is) Most KindThe Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Kind to [His] servants."
• 9:117 · At-Tawbahرَءُوفٌۭ (is) Most KindAllah has already forgiven the Prophet and the Muhajireen and the Ansar who followed him in the hour of difficulty after the hearts of a party of them had almost inclined [to doubt], and then He forgave them. Indeed, He was to them Kind and Merciful.
• 9:128 · At-Tawbahرَءُوفٌۭ (he is) kindThere has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you and to the believers is kind and merciful.
• 16:7 · An-Nahlلَرَءُوفٌۭ surely is Most KindAnd they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
• 16:47 · An-Nahlلَرَءُوفٌۭ (is) surely Full of KindnessOr that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
• 22:65 · Al-Hajjلَرَءُوفٌۭ (is) Full of KindnessDo you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allah, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
• 24:20 · An-Nurرَءُوفٌۭ (is) Full of KindnessAnd if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.
• 57:9 · Al-Hadidلَرَءُوفٌۭ (is the) Most KindIt is He who sends down upon His Servant [Muhammad] verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And indeed, Allah is to you Kind and Merciful.
• 59:10 · Al-Hashrرَءُوفٌۭ (are) Full of KindnessAnd [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."

رَأْفَة 2 times

• 24:2 · An-Nurرَأْفَةٌۭ pity for themThe [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion of Allah, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
• 57:27 · Al-Hadidرَأْفَةًۭ compassionThen We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

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.