# Elif-Fe-Kaf — افق (Afq)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Sky, heavens, horizon, land or part of it, their border/extremity.
- **Derived forms:** أُفُق (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ — l-āfāqi · "the horizons"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

سَنُر۪يهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَا فِي الْاٰفَاقِ وَف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَتَبَـيَّنَ لَهُمْ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّۜ اَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ اَنَّهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَه۪يدٌ

Sanureehim ayatina feeal-afaqi wafee anfusihim hattayatabayyana lahum annahu alhaqqu awa lam yakfi birabbikaannahu AAala kulli shay-in shaheed

We will show them Our proofs in the horizons, and in themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. Does it not suffice concerning thy Lord that He is witness to all things?

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-53.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْأُفُقِ — bil-ufuqi · "(was) in the horizon"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهُوَ بِالْاُفُقِ الْاَعْلٰىۜ

Wahuwa bil-ofuqi al-aAAla

And he was in the highest horizon;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-7.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْأُفُقِ — bil-ufuqi · "in the horizon"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُب۪ينِۚ

Walaqad raahu bilofuqialmubeen

And he saw him on the clear horizon;

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-23.md_

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