Home Quran Quran roots خ ف ي
34 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 270
The Quran root خ ف ي kh-f-y
Words built from the root خ ف ي ([kh-f-y]) appear 34 times in the Quran. The most common is أُخْفِيَ, “you conceal”, which comes 18 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أُخْفِيَ | ukhfiya | you conceal · conceal | 18 | |
| يَخْفَى | yakhfaa | is hidden · hidden | 6 | |
| يَسْتَخْفُ | yastakhfu | They seek to hide · they hide | 3 | |
| خُفْيَة | khufya | secretly · privately | 2 | |
| خَفِيّ | khafiyy | secret · stealthy | 2 | |
| مُسْتَخْف | mustakhf | hidden | 1 | |
| أَخْفَى | akhfaa | more hidden | 1 | |
| خافِيَة | khaafiya | any secret | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ٢٧١
تُخْفُوهَا tukh'fūhā · you keep it secret
If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:271)
لِّلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِن تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ اللَّهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٨٤
تُخْفُوهُ tukh'fūhu · you conceal it
To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allāh will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:284)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ ٥
يَخْفَىٰ yakhfā · is hidden
Indeed, from Allāh nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:5)
يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا ١٠٨
يَسْتَخْفُونَ yastakhfūna · They seek to hide
They conceal [their evil intentions and deeds] from the people, but they cannot conceal [them] from Allāh, and He is with them [in His knowledge] when they spend the night in such as He does not accept of speech. And ever is Allāh, of what they do, encompassing. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:108)
قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً لَّئِنْ أَنجَانَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ ٦٣
وَخُفْيَةً wakhuf'yatan · and secretly
Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, 'If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be among the thankful.'" (Surah Al-An'am, 6:63)
إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا ٣
خَفِيًّا khafiyyan · secret
When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication]. (Surah Maryam, 19:3)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 4×
- Surah An-Nisa · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 3×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
- Surah Ibrahim · 2×
- Surah Taha · 2×
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.