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20 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 411
The Quran root ك ش ف k-sh-f
Words built from the root ك ش ف ([k-sh-f]) appear 20 times in the Quran. The most common is كَشَفَ, “We removed”, which comes 14 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| كَشَفَ | kashafa | We removed · He removes | 14 | |
| كاشِف | kaashif | remover · remove | 3 | |
| كاشِفَة | kaashifa | removers · any remover | 2 | |
| كَشْف | kashf | remove | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِن شَاءَ وَتَنسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ ٤١
فَيَكْشِفُ fayakshifu · and He would remove
No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him]. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:41)
وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ١٣٤
كَشَفْتَ kashafta · you remove
And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:134)
وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلَّا هُوَ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ١٧
كَاشِفَ kāshifa · remover
And if Allāh should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:17)
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ قُلْ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ هَلْ هُنَّ كَاشِفَاتُ ضُرِّهِ أَوْ أَرَادَنِي بِرَحْمَةٍ هَلْ هُنَّ مُمْسِكَاتُ رَحْمَتِهِ قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ ٣٨
كَاشِفَاتُ kāshifātu · removers
And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Then have you considered what you invoke besides Allāh? If Allāh intended me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?" Say, "Sufficient for me is Allāh; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers." (Surah Az-Zumar, 39:38)
قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا ٥٦
كَشْفَ kashfa · (to) remove
Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]." (Surah Al-Isra, 17:56)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Yunus · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah An-Naml · 2×
- Surah Ad-Dukhan · 2×
- Surah An-Nahl · 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.