# Elif-Fe-Kef — افك (Afk)

> Occurs in 30 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Afk

- **Meaning:** Change its manner/state, turn it away/back, change/pervert opinion/judgement, deceive, lie/falsehood/untruth, overturn, seduce.
- **Derived forms:** أَفَّاك (2) · أُفِكَ (16) · إِفْك (9) · مُؤْتَفِكَة (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُونَ — yu'fakūna · "they are deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا الْمَس۪يحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اِلَّا رَسُولٌۚ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُۜ وَاُمُّهُ صِدّ۪يقَةٌۜ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ الطَّعَامَۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ اَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Ma almaseehu ibnu maryama illarasoolun qad khalat min qablihi arrusulu waommuhu siddeeqatunkana ya/kulani attaAAamaonthur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu al-ayatithumma onthur anna yu/fakoon

The Messiah, son of Mary, was but a messenger; messengers had passed away before him; and his mother was a woman of truth; they both ate food. See thou how We make plain the proofs to them; then see thou how they are deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-75.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** تُؤْفَكُونَ — tu'fakūna · "are you deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوٰىۜ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Inna Allaha faliqu alhabbiwannawa yukhriju alhayya mina almayyitiwamukhriju almayyiti mina alhayyi thalikumu Allahufaanna tu/fakoon

God splits the seed and the kernel; He brings forth the living from the dead and is the bringer-forth of the dead from the living. That is God, — how then are you deluded? —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-95.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** يَأْفِكُونَ — yafikūna · "they (were) falsifying"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Waawhayna ila moosaan alqi AAasaka fa-itha hiya talqafu maya/fikoon

And We instructed Moses: “Cast thou thy staff,” — and then it swallowed up what they falsified!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-117.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُونَ — yu'fakūna · "deluded are they"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌۨ ابْنُ اللّٰهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَس۪يحُ ابْنُ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ يُضَاهِؤُ۫نَ قَوْلَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَبْلُۜ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُۘ اَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Waqalati alyahoodu AAuzayrun ibnu Allahiwaqalati annasara almaseehuibnu Allahi thalika qawluhum bi-afwahihim yudahi-oonaqawla allatheena kafaroo min qablu qatalahumu Allahuanna yu/fakoon

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “ʿUzayr is the son of God”; and the Christians say: “The Messiah is the son of God.” That is the speech of their mouths; they imitate the speech of those who ignored warning before. May God curse them! How are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-30.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚ — wal-mu'tafikāti · "and the towns overturned"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

اَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَاُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاَصْحَابِ مَدْيَنَ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتِۜ اَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۚ فَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Alam ya/tihim nabao allatheena minqablihim qawmi noohin waAAadin wathamooda waqawmiibraheema waas-habi madyana walmu/tafikatiatat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinati fama kanaAllahu liyathlimahum walakin kanooanfusahum yathlimoon

Has not the report of those before them come to them: the people of Noah, and ʿĀd, and Thamūd, and the people of Abraham, and the people of Madyan, and the cities thrown down? Their messengers brought them clear signs; and God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-70.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** تُؤْفَكُونَ — tu'fakūna · "you are deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكَٓائِكُمْ مَنْ يَبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُع۪يدُهُۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُ يَبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُع۪يدُهُ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Qul hal min shuraka-ikum man yabdaoalkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu quli Allahu yabdao alkhalqathumma yuAAeeduhu faanna tu/fakoon

Say thou: “Is there among your partners one that begins creation then repeats it?” Say thou: “God begins creation then repeats it; how then are you deluded?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-34.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْإِفْكِ — bil-if'ki · "the lie"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ جَٓاؤُ۫ بِالْاِفْكِ عُصْبَةٌ مِنْكُمْۜ  لَا تَحْسَبُوهُ شَراًّ لَكُمْۜ بَلْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ مَا اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْاِثْمِۚ وَالَّذ۪ي تَوَلّٰى كِبْرَهُ مِنْهُمْ لَهُ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Inna allatheena jaoo bil-ifkiAAusbatun minkum la tahsaboohu sharran lakumbal huwa khayrun lakum likulli imri-in minhum ma iktasabamina al-ithmi wallathee tawalla kibrahuminhum lahu AAathabun AAatheem

They who came with the falsehood are a group among you. Think it not an evil for you: — nay, it is good for you. For every man among them is what he earned of the sin. And who took upon himself the greater part thereof among them, for him is a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-11.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكٌۭ — if'kun · "(is) a lie"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

لَوْلَٓا اِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْراًۙ وَقَالُوا هٰذَٓا اِفْكٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Lawla ith samiAAtumoohu thannaalmu/minoona walmu/minatu bi-anfusihim khayran waqaloohatha ifkun mubeen

Oh, that when you heard it, the believing men and the believing women had but thought good of themselves and said: “This is a clear falsehood!”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-12.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكٌ — if'kun · "a lie"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌۨ افْتَرٰيهُ وَاَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ اٰخَرُونَۚۛ فَقَدْ جَٓاؤُ۫ ظُلْماً وَزُوراًۚۛ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hathailla ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhiqawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulmanwazoora

And those who ignore warning say: “This is only a falsehood; he invented it, and other people assisted him in it.” And they have brought injustice and falsehood.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-4.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** يَأْفِكُونَ — yafikūna · "they falsified"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَاَلْقٰى مُوسٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Faalqa moosa AAasahufa-itha hiya talqafu ma ya/fikoon

Then Moses cast his staff; and then it swallowed up what they falsified;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-45.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 222

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَّاكٍ — affākin · "liar"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

تَنَزَّلُ عَلٰى كُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَث۪يمٍۙ

Tanazzalu AAala kulli affakinatheem

They descend upon every sinful deceiver:

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-222.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكًا ۚ — if'kan · "falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْثَاناً وَتَخْلُقُونَ اِفْكاًۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لَكُمْ رِزْقاً فَابْتَغُوا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ الرِّزْقَ وَاعْبُدُوهُ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُۜ اِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Innama taAAbudoona min dooni Allahiawthanan watakhluqoona ifkan inna allatheenataAAbudoona min dooni Allahi la yamlikoona lakumrizqan fabtaghoo AAinda Allahi arrizqa waAAbudoohuwashkuroo lahu ilayhi turjaAAoon

“You but serve, other than God, idols, and create falsehood; those whom you serve, besides God, possess for you no provision. So seek provision with God, and serve Him. And be grateful to Him; to Him will you be returned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-17.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُونَ — yu'fakūna · "are they deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۚ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamaralayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

And if thou askest them: “Who created the heavens and the earth and made subject the sun and the moon?” they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-61.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُونَ — yu'fakūna · "deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَۙ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍۜ  كَذٰلِكَ كَانُوا يُؤْفَكُونَ

Wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyuqsimu almujrimoona ma labithoo ghayra saAAatin kathalikakanoo yu/fakoon

And the day the Hour strikes, the lawbreakers will swear that they had tarried but an hour; thus were they deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-55.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكٌۭ — if'kun · "a lie"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ وَقَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌ مُفْتَرًىۜ وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْۙ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qaloo ma hatha illarajulun yureedu an yasuddakum AAamma kanayaAAbudu abaokum waqaloo ma hathailla ifkun muftaran waqala allatheenakafaroo lilhaqqi lamma jaahum in hathailla sihrun mubeen

And when Our proofs are recited to them as clear signs, they say: “This is only a man who wishes to turn you away from what your fathers served”; and they say: “This is only an invented falsehood.” And those who ignore warning say of the truth when it has come to them: “This is only obvious sorcery.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-43.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** تُؤْفَكُونَ — tu'fakūna · "(are) you deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْۜ هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ  لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۘ   فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Ya ayyuha annasuothkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum hal min khaliqinghayru Allahi yarzuqukum mina assama-i wal-ardila ilaha illa huwa faanna tu/fakoon

O mankind: remember the favour of God upon you. Is there any creator, other than God, who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? There is no god save He; how then are you deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-3.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** أَئِفْكًا — a-if'kan · "Is it falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَئِفْكاً اٰلِهَةً دُونَ اللّٰهِ تُر۪يدُونَۜ

A-ifkan alihatan doona Allahitureedoon

“Is it falsehood — gods besides God — you desire?

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-86.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 151

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكِهِمْ — if'kihim · "their falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ مِنْ اِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَۙ

Ala innahum min ifkihim layaqooloon

(In truth, it is of their falsehood that they say:

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-151.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** تُؤْفَكُونَ — tu'fakūna · "are you deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۢ  لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۘ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Thalikumu Allahu rabbukum khaliqukulli shay-in la ilaha illa huwa faannatu/fakoon

That is God, your Lord, creator of all things; there is no god save He. How then are you deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-62.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُ — yu'faku · "were deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

كَذٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

Kathalika yu/faku allatheena kanoobi-ayati Allahi yajhadoon

Thus are deluded those who reject the proofs of God.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-63.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُونَ — yu'fakūna · "are they deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَۙ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqahumlayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

And if thou askest them who created them, they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-87.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَّاكٍ — affākin · "liar"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَث۪يمٍۙ

Waylun likulli affakin atheem

Woe to every sinful deceiver,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-7.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكٌۭ — if'kun · "(is) a lie"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَوْ كَانَ خَيْراً مَا سَبَقُونَٓا اِلَيْهِۜ وَاِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا بِه۪ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هٰذَٓا اِفْكٌ قَد۪يمٌ

Waqala allatheena kafaroolillatheena amanoo law kana khayran masabaqoona ilayhi wa-ith lam yahtadoo bihifasayaqooloona hatha ifkun qadeem

And those who ignore warning say of those who heed warning: “Had it been good, they would not have preceded us to it.” And when they are not guided by it, then they will say: “This is an ancient falsehood.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-11.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** لِتَأْفِكَنَا — litafikanā · "to turn us away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُٓوا اَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ اٰلِهَتِنَاۚ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Qaloo aji/tana lita/fikanaAAan alihatina fa/tina bima taAAidunain kunta mina assadiqeen

They said: “Hast thou come to us to delude us away from our gods? Then bring thou us what thou promisest us, if thou be of the truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-22.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** إِفْكُهُمْ — if'kuhum · "(was) their falsehood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ قُرْبَاناً اٰلِهَةًۜ بَلْ ضَلُّوا عَنْهُمْۚ وَذٰلِكَ اِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Falawla nasarahumu allatheenaittakhathoo min dooni Allahi qurbanan alihatanbal dalloo AAanhum wathalika ifkuhum wama kanooyaftaroon

Oh, that there had but helped them those whom they had taken as gods, besides God, as a means of approach! Nay, they strayed from them; and that was their falsehood, and what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-28.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُ — yu'faku · "Deluded away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ اُفِكَۜ

Yu/faku AAanhu man ofik

Deluded away from it is he who is deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-9.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** أُفِكَ — ufika · "is deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يُؤْفَكُ عَنْهُ مَنْ اُفِكَۜ

Yu/faku AAanhu man ofik

Deluded away from it is he who is deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-9.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ — wal-mu'tafikata · "And the overturned cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · feminine · accusative case

وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰىۙ

Walmu/tafikata ahwa

And the overthrown cities He cast down,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-53.md_

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يُؤْفَكُونَ — yu'fakūna · "are they deluded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا رَاَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ اَجْسَامُهُمْۜ وَاِنْ يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْۜ   كَاَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌۜ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْۜ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْۜ  قَاتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُۘ  اَنّٰى يُؤْفَـكُونَ

Wa-itha raaytahum tuAAjibuka ajsamuhumwa-in yaqooloo tasmaAA liqawlihim kaannahum khushubunmusannadatun yahsaboona kulla sayhatinAAalayhim humu alAAaduwwu fahtharhum qatalahumuAllahu anna yu/fakoon

And when thou seest them, their forms please thee; and if they speak, thou listenest to their speech as if they were propped up pieces of dry wood. They think every blast is against them. They are the enemy; so beware thou of them. May God curse them! How are they deluded!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-munafiqun/verse-4.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ — wal-mu'tafikātu · "and the overturned cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · feminine, plural · nominative case

وَجَٓاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِۚ

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

And there came Pharaoh — and those before him, and the cities thrown down — with offence,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-9.md_

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