كيف
k-y-f
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root كيف across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root كَيَّفَ (kayyafa) and its derivatives, used by Muslim theologians, mean to specify something by its quality. These terms were formed by analogy, not directly heard from ancient Arabs.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
k-y-f
Listen:
كَيْفَ
105:1
Root letters:
ك — ي — ف
Word Family Tree (3 forms)
All word forms derived from the root كيف as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 84×
Concordance — 84 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root كيف appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (83)
Noun (83 verses — showing first 5)
The Elephant 105:1
Noun
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
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 10:35
Noun
قُلۡ هَلۡ مِن شُرَكَاۤىِٕكُم مَّن یَهۡدِیۤ إِلَى ٱلۡحَقِّۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ یَهۡدِی لِلۡحَقِّۗ أَفَمَن یَهۡدِیۤ إِلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَن یُتَّبَعَ أَمَّن لَّا یَهِدِّیۤ إِلَّاۤ أَن یُهۡدَىٰۖ فَمَا لَكُمۡ كَیۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ٣٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who guides to the truth?" Say, " Allah guides to the truth. So is He who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed or he who guides not unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?"
Jonah 10:39
Noun
بَلۡ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِمَا لَمۡ یُحِیطُوا۟ بِعِلۡمِهِۦ وَلَمَّا یَأۡتِهِمۡ تَأۡوِیلُهُۥۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ٣٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus did those before them deny. Then observe how was the end of the wrongdoers
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
Derived Forms (3)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| كَيْفَ | kayfa | Noun | 63× | |
| فَكَيْفَ | fakayfa | Noun | 16× | |
| وَكَيْفَ | wakayfa | Noun | 5× |