Home Quran Quran roots غ ف ر
234 times in the Quran · 9 word forms · rank 41
The Quran root غ ف ر gh-f-r
Words built from the root غ ف ر ([gh-f-r]) appear 234 times in the Quran. The most common is غَفُور, “Oft-Forgiving”, which comes 91 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| غَفُور | ghafuur | Oft-Forgiving · Most Forgiving | 91 | |
| غَفَرَ | ghafara | forgive · He will forgive | 65 | |
| اسْتَغْفَرَ | astaghfara | ask forgiveness · seek forgiveness | 40 | |
| مَغْفِرَة | maghfira | forgiveness · certainly forgiveness | 28 | |
| غَفّار | ghaffaar | Oft-Forgiving · Perpetual Forgiver | 5 | |
| غافِر | ghaafir | Forgivers · Forgiver | 2 | |
| غُفْران | ghufraan | us Your forgiveness | 1 | |
| مُسْتَغْفِر | mustaghfir | those who seek forgiveness | 1 | |
| اسْتِغْفار | astighfaar | asking of forgiveness | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ١٧٣
غَفُورٌ ghafūrun · (is) Oft-Forgiving
He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:173)
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ١٨٢
غَفُورٌ ghafūrun · (is) Oft-Forgiving
But if one fears from the bequeather [some] error or sin and corrects that which is between them [i.e., the concerned parties], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:182)
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ٥٨
نَّغْفِرْ naghfir · We will forgive
And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:58)
ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ١٩٩
وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا wa-is'taghfirū · and ask forgiveness
Then depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:199)
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَالْعَذَابَ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ فَمَا أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ ١٧٥
بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ bil-maghfirati · for [the] forgiveness
Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are for [i.e., in pursuit of] the Fire! (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:175)
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىٰ ٨٢
لَغَفَّارٌ laghaffārun · the Perpetual Forgiver
But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance. (Surah Taha, 20:82)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nisa · 21×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 17×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 16×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 11×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 11×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 9×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.