خلف
kh-l-f
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root خلف across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root خَلَف (khlf) primarily means to come after, follow, or succeed someone or something. It also conveys the sense of being a substitute or replacing what was lost.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
kh-l-f
Listen:
مُخْتَلِفُونَ
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Root letters:
خ — ل — ف
Word Family Tree (69 forms)
All word forms derived from the root خلف as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 64×
Verb 63×
Concordance — 127 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root خلف appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (62) · Verb (56)
Noun (62 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:14
Noun
ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ خَلَـٰۤىِٕفَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لِنَنظُرَ كَیۡفَ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do
Jonah 10:6
Noun
إِنَّ فِی ٱخۡتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یَتَّقُونَ ٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day and [in] what Allah has created in the heavens and the earth are signs for a people who fear Alla
Jonah 10:73
Noun
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّیۡنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمۡ خَلَـٰۤىِٕفَ وَأَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلَّذِینَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَاۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِینَ ٧٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Then see how was the end of those who were warned
Jonah 10:92
Noun
فَٱلۡیَوۡمَ نُنَجِّیكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنۡ خَلۡفَكَ ءَایَةࣰۚ وَإِنَّ كَثِیرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنۡ ءَایَـٰتِنَا لَغَـٰفِلُونَ ٩٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedles
Hud 11:118
Noun
وَلَوۡ شَاۤءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰۖ وَلَا یَزَالُونَ مُخۡتَلِفِینَ ١١٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ
Derived Forms (69)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَخْتَلِفُونَ | yakhtalifuwna | Verb | 10× | |
| ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ | khtalafuwā | Verb | 8× | |
| تَخْتَلِفُونَ | takhtalifuwna | Verb | 6× | |
| خَلْفَهُمْ | khalfahum | Noun | 6× | |
| خَلْفِهِمْ | khalfihim | Noun | 5× | |
| يُخْلِفُ | yukhlifu | Verb | 4× | |
| خَلَٰٓئِفَ | khalaifa | Noun | 4× | |
| خِلَٰفٍ | khilafin | Noun | 4× | |
| خَلْفِهِۦ | khalfihi | Noun | 3× | |
| ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ | lmukhalafuwna | Noun | 3× |