Home Quran Quran roots ح ن ف
12 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 518
The Quran root ح ن ف ḥ-n-f
Words built from the root ح ن ف ([ḥ-n-f]) appear 12 times in the Quran. The most common is حَنِيف, “upright”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| حَنِيف | ḥaniif | upright · true monotheist | 12 |
Examples from the Quran
وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ١٣٥
حَنِيفًا ḥanīfan · (the) upright
They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:135)
مَا كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ٦٧
حَنِيفًا ḥanīfan · a true
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allāh]. And he was not of the polytheists. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:67)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah An-Nahl · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 1×
- Surah An-Nisa · 1×
- Surah Yunus · 1×
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.
