Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: خلف (khlf)

Examining Root: خلف (khlf)

Definition:
To follow/come after/succeed another, substitute or supersede, to supply/be a supplier to someone, to restore or replace a thing to someone, smite or strike from behind, yearn towards other than one's spouse (in the spouses absence/behind his or her back), speak of/mention someone behind his or her back, remain behind/not go forth, to be kept back from all good, to not prosper or be successful, to become corrupt or altered for the worse, retire/withdraw/go away, to turn away from/avoid/shun a thing, to become foolish/idiotic/deficient in intellect, contrarious/hard in disposition, to leave behind, to appoint someone as successor, disagree with or differ from someone, contradict or oppose someone, to break/fail to perform a promise, to follow reciprocally/alternate/interchange, repeatedly move to and fro (coming and going), to differ/ be dissimilar.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 127

Lemmata Based on This Root: 18

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 63

Form
I:	5
II:	1
III:	2
IV:	14
V:	1
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	35
VIX:	0
IX:	5
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	59
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	4

Person
1st:	4
2nd:	13
3rd:	46

Number
Singular:	25
Dual:	0
Plural:	38

Noun: 59

Case
Nominative:	11
Accusative:	26
Genitive:	22

Gender
Masculine:	58
Feminine:	1

Number
Singular:	41
Dual:	0
Plural:	18

Formula
Appears in 557 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 328 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 92 Length 4: 56 Length 5: 39	Length 3: 138 Length 4: 137 Length 5: 95	Length 3: 134 Length 4: 107 Length 5: 87

Glosses for this Root

differ (x16)
successors (x9)
they differed (x9)
(is) behind them (x7)
and behind them (x5)
opposite sides (x4)
fail (x4)
And (in the) alternation (x3)
and behind him (x3)
those who remained behind (x3)
those who stay behind (x3)
a vicegerent (x2)
But differed (x2)
(of) various (x2)
Then succeeded (x2)
differ[ed] (x2)
but disputes arose (x2)
(of) different (x2)
Allah fail (x2)
(of) varying (x2)
surely He will grant them succession (x1)
behind (x1)
then they differed (x1)
to differ (x1)
(are) various (x1)
but I betrayed you (x1)
you differ (x1)
contradiction (x1)
and make you successors (x1)
(is the) alternation (x1)
they remain behind (x1)
will compensate it (x1)

and differed (x1)
and grant succession (x1)
you will fail to (keep) it (x1)
certainly you would have failed (x1)
oppose (x1)
(the) alternation (x1)
after them (x1)
And my Lord will give succession (x1)
(is) behind you (x1)
will fail (x1)
succeeding (x1)
differing (x1)
so you broke (x1)
Take my place (x1)
He gave succession (x1)
they broke (x1)
break (x1)
after you (x1)
to those who remained behind (x1)
we will fail it (x1)
(in) disagreement (x1)
were left behind (x1)
(in) succession (x1)
succeed you (x1)
and the diversity (x1)
I differ from you (x1)
and after him (x1)
(is) behind us (x1)
trustees (x1)
we broke (x1)
you have done in my place (x1)

Verse List

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