# Ha-Fe-Fe — حفف (Hff)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To surround, encompass, throng around; crowd round; go around; hedge, cut or clip one's hair and moustache and beard, to be dry [without moisture], make a pattering or rustling sound, to be embarrassed or distressed, to take the entire/whole of a thing.
- **Derived forms:** حَافِّين (1) · حَفَفْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا — waḥafafnāhumā · "and We bordered them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاًۜ

Wadrib lahum mathalanrajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannataynimin aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlinwajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAa

And strike thou for them a similitude: — two men: We made for one of them two gardens of grapevines, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed between them crops.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-32.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** حَآفِّينَ — ḥāffīna · "surrounding"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَتَرَى الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ حَٓافّ۪ينَ مِنْ حَوْلِ الْعَرْشِ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْۚ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَق۪يلَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Watara almala-ikata haffeenamin hawli alAAarshi yusabbihoona bihamdirabbihim waqudiya baynahum bilhaqqi waqeelaalhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

And thou wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne, glorifying with the praise of their Lord; and it will be decided between them with justice; and it will be said: “Praise belongs to God, the Lord of All Creation!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-75.md_

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