Morphology Explorer — عرف

rf

Root analysis: 71 occurrences across 63 verses in the Quran

عرف
rf
71
Total Occurrences
63
Verses
34
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Noun ×44 Verb ×27

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Word Forms in the Quran 34

بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi 20 بِمَعْرُوفٍ bima'rufin 6 مَّعْرُوفًا mma'rufana 5 يَعْرِفُونَ ya'rifuna 4 عَرَفُوا۟ arafua 2 يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ ya'rifunahu 2 مَّعْرُوفٌ mma'rufun 2 مَعْرُوفٍ ma'rufin 2 ٱلْأَعْرَافِ laa'raafi 2 تَعْرِفُ ta'rifu 2 عَرَفَٰتٍ arafaatin 1 مَّعْرُوفٍ mma'rufin 1 تَعْرِفُهُم ta'rifuhum 1 يَعْرِفُونَهُم ya'rifunahum 1 بِٱلْعُرْفِ bil'urfi 1 ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ lma'rufi 1 ٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ tarafua 1 يَتَعَارَفُونَ yata'aarafuna 1 فَعَرَفَهُمْ fa'arafahum 1 يَعْرِفُونَهَآ ya'rifunahaa 1 يَعْرِفُوا۟ ya'rifua 1 مَّعْرُوفَةٌ mma'rufahun 1 فَتَعْرِفُونَهَا fata'rifunahaa 1 مَعْرُوفًا ma'rufana 1 يُعْرَفْنَ yu'rafna 1 فَٱعْتَرَفْنَا fa'tarafnaa 1 عَرَّفَهَا arrafahaa 1 فَلَعَرَفْتَهُم fala'araftahum 1 وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ walata'rifannahum 1 لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ lita'aarafua 1 +4 more

Quranic Concordance 71

Every occurrence of the root عرف in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
2:89 عَرَفُوا۟ arafua (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
2:146 يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ ya'rifunahu (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
2:146 يَعْرِفُونَ ya'rifuna (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
2:178 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:180 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:198 عَرَفَٰتٍ arafaatin to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:228 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:229 بِمَعْرُوفٍ bima'rufin to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:231 بِمَعْرُوفٍ bima'rufin to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:231 بِمَعْرُوفٍ bima'rufin to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:232 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:233 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:233 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:234 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:235 مَّعْرُوفًا mma'rufana to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:236 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:240 مَّعْرُوفٍ mma'rufin to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:241 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:263 مَّعْرُوفٌ mma'rufun to know, to recognize Noun Noun
2:273 تَعْرِفُهُم ta'rifuhum (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
3:104 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
3:110 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
3:114 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
4:5 مَّعْرُوفًا mma'rufana to know, to recognize Noun Noun
4:6 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
4:8 مَّعْرُوفًا mma'rufana to know, to recognize Noun Noun
4:19 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
4:25 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
4:114 مَعْرُوفٍ ma'rufin to know, to recognize Noun Noun
5:83 عَرَفُوا۟ arafua (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
6:20 يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ ya'rifunahu (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
6:20 يَعْرِفُونَ ya'rifuna (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
7:46 ٱلْأَعْرَافِ laa'raafi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
7:46 يَعْرِفُونَ ya'rifuna (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
7:48 ٱلْأَعْرَافِ laa'raafi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
7:48 يَعْرِفُونَهُم ya'rifunahum (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
7:157 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
7:199 بِٱلْعُرْفِ bil'urfi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
9:67 ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ lma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
9:71 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
9:102 ٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ tarafua (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
9:112 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
10:45 يَتَعَارَفُونَ yata'aarafuna (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
12:58 فَعَرَفَهُمْ fa'arafahum (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
12:62 يَعْرِفُونَهَآ ya'rifunahaa (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
16:83 يَعْرِفُونَ ya'rifuna (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
22:41 بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilma'rufi to know, to recognize Noun Noun
22:72 تَعْرِفُ ta'rifu (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
23:69 يَعْرِفُوا۟ ya'rifua (v.) to know, to recognize Verb V
24:53 مَّعْرُوفَةٌ mma'rufahun to know, to recognize Noun Noun
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