# Ha-Fe-Ra — حفر (Hfr)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To dig/excavate/hollow out/clear out a thing, to burrow or furrow, know the utmost extent of a thing, scrutinize, to emaciate or make lean, to be or become in a bad or corrupt or unsound state, to shed a thing.
- **Derived forms:** حَافِرَة (1) · حُفْرَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** حُفْرَةٍۢ — ḥuf'ratin · "(of) pit"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللّٰهِ جَم۪يعاً وَلَا تَفَرَّقُواۖ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذْ  كُنْتُمْ اَعْدَٓاءً فَاَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَاَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِه۪ٓ اِخْوَاناًۚ وَكُنْتُمْ عَلٰى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَاَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَاۜ   كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

WaAAtasimoo bihabliAllahi jameeAAan wala tafarraqoo wathkurooniAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ith kuntum aAAdaanfaallafa bayna quloobikum faasbahtum biniAAmatihiikhwanan wakuntum AAala shafa hufratinmina annari faanqathakum minha kathalikayubayyinu Allahu lakum ayatihi laAAallakumtahtadoon

And hold fast to the rope of God all together, and be not divided. And remember the favour of God upon you: when you were enemies, He united your hearts so that by His favour you became brethren; and you were upon the edge of a pit of fire, and He rescued you from it. Thus does God make plain to you His proofs, that you might be guided.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-103.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَافِرَةِ — l-ḥāfirati · "the former state"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

يَقُولُونَ ءَاِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِۜ

Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona feealhafira

(They say: “Are we to be returned to our former state,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-10.md_

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