# Ha-Lam-Fe — حلف (Hlf)

> Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To swear, make an oath. To confederate, make a compact or agreement, to cleave/cling/keep/hold fast to a thing, establish a brotherhood.
- **Derived forms:** حَلَفْ (12) · حَلَّاف (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** يَحْلِفُونَ — yaḥlifūna · "swearing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَكَيْفَ اِذَٓا اَصَابَتْهُمْ مُص۪يبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ ثُمَّ جَٓاؤُ۫كَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ اِنْ اَرَدْنَٓا اِلَّٓا اِحْسَاناً وَتَوْف۪يقاً

Fakayfa itha asabat-hum museebatunbima qaddamat aydeehim thumma jaooka yahlifoonabillahi in aradna illa ihsananwatawfeeqa

How will it be when calamity befalls them because of what their hands have sent ahead? Then will they come to thee, swearing by God: “We intended only good conduct and success!”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-62.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ — ḥalaftum · "you have sworn"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغْوِ ف۪ٓي اَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الْاَيْمَانَۚ فَكَفَّارَتُهُٓ اِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاك۪ينَ مِنْ اَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ اَهْل۪يكُمْ اَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ اَوْ تَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍۜ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلٰثَةِ اَيَّامٍۜ ذٰلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ اَيْمَانِكُمْ اِذَا حَلَفْتُمْۜ وَاحْفَظُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

La yu-akhithukumu Allahubillaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukumbima AAaqqadtumu al-aymana fakaffaratuhu itAAamuAAasharati masakeena min awsati ma tutAAimoonaahleekum aw kiswatuhum aw tahreeru raqabatin faman lamyajid fasiyamu thalathati ayyamin thalikakaffaratu aymanikum itha halaftum wahfathooaymanakum kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakum ayatihilaAAallakum tashkuroon

God will not take you to task for the vain speech in your oaths; but He will take you to task for what you have contracted by oath, whereof the expiation is the feeding of ten needy persons with the average of that you feed your families, or the clothing of them, or the manumission of a slave; but whoso has not the means, then a fast of three days. That is the expiation of your oaths when you have sworn. But keep your oaths; thus does God make plain to you His proofs, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-89.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ — wasayaḥlifūna · "And they will swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضاً قَر۪يباً وَسَفَراً قَاصِداً لَاتَّـبَعُوكَ وَلٰكِنْ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّقَّةُۜ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ لَوِ اسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْۚ يُهْلِكُونَ اَنْفُسَهُمْۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ اِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ۟

Law kana AAaradan qareebanwasafaran qasidan lattabaAAooka walakinbaAAudat AAalayhimu ashshuqqatu wasayahlifoona billahilawi istataAAna lakharajna maAAakumyuhlikoona anfusahum wallahu yaAAlamu innahum lakathiboon

Had it been goods nearby and a short journey, they would have followed thee; but far for them was the destination. And they will swear by God: “Had we been able, we would have gone forth with you,” destroying their souls; and God knows that they are liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-42.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَحْلِفُونَ — wayaḥlifūna · "And they swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ اِنَّهُمْ لَمِنْكُمْۜ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَلٰكِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ يَفْرَقُونَ

Wayahlifoona billahiinnahum laminkum wama hum minkum walakinnahumqawmun yafraqoon

And they swear by God that they are of you, when they are not of you; but they are a people who are afraid.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-56.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** يَحْلِفُونَ — yaḥlifūna · "They swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْۚ وَاللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُـهُٓ اَحَقُّ اَنْ يُرْضُوهُ اِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Yahlifoona billahilakum liyurdookum wallahu warasooluhu ahaqquan yurdoohu in kanoo mu/mineen

They swear by God to you to please you; but God and His messenger — worthier is it that they should please Him, if they be believers!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-62.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** يَحْلِفُونَ — yaḥlifūna · "They swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ مَا قَالُواۜ وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا كَلِمَةَ الْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا بَعْدَ اِسْلَامِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُواۚ وَمَا نَقَمُٓوا اِلَّٓا اَنْ اَغْنٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۚ فَاِنْ يَتُوبُوا يَكُ خَيْراً لَهُمْۚ وَاِنْ يَتَوَلَّوْا يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللّٰهُ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَص۪يرٍ

Yahlifoona billahi maqaloo walaqad qaloo kalimata alkufri wakafaroobaAAda islamihim wahammoo bima lam yanaloowama naqamoo illa an aghnahumu Allahuwarasooluhu min fadlihi fa-in yatooboo yaku khayran lahumwa-in yatawallaw yuAAaththibhumu Allahu AAathabanaleeman fee addunya wal-akhiratiwama lahum fee al-ardi min waliyyin wala naseer

They swear by God that they did not say — when they did say — the word of denial, and denied after their submission. And they purposed what they have not reached; and they resented only that God and His messenger enriched them of His bounty. Then if they repent, it will be better for them; and if they turn away, God will punish them with a painful punishment in the World and the Hereafter; and they will not have in the earth any ally or helper.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-74.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** سَيَحْلِفُونَ — sayaḥlifūna · "They will swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

سَيَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ لَكُمْ اِذَا انْقَلَبْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ لِتُعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْۜ فَاَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمْۜ اِنَّهُمْ رِجْسٌۘ وَمَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Sayahlifoona billahilakum itha inqalabtum ilayhim lituAAridoo AAanhumfaaAAridoo AAanhum innahum rijsun wama/wahumjahannamu jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboon

They will swear by God to you when you return to them, that you might let them be. So let them be, for they are an abomination, and their shelter is Gehenna; a reward for what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-95.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** يَحْلِفُونَ — yaḥlifūna · "They swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ لِتَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْۚ فَاِنْ تَرْضَوْا عَنْهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَرْضٰى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Yahlifoona lakum litardawAAanhum fa-in tardaw AAanhum fa-inna Allaha layarda AAani alqawmi alfasiqeen

They swear to you so that you might be pleased with them; but though you be pleased with them, God is not pleased with the perfidious people.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-96.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ — walayaḥlifunna · "And surely they will swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِداً ضِرَاراً وَكُفْراً وَتَفْر۪يقاً بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَاِرْصَاداً لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ اِنْ اَرَدْنَٓا اِلَّا الْحُسْنٰىۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَشْهَدُ اِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Wallatheena ittakhathoomasjidan diraran wakufran watafreeqan baynaalmu/mineena wa-irsadan liman haraba Allahawarasoolahu min qablu walayahlifunna in aradna illaalhusna wallahu yashhadu innahum lakathiboon

As are those who took a place of worship in harm and denial, and division among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against God and His messenger before. And they will swear: “We purposed only good”; but God bears witness that they are liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-107.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَحْلِفُونَ — wayaḥlifūna · "and they swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ تَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْۜ مَا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَلَا مِنْهُمْۙ وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْـكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Alam tara ila allatheenatawallaw qawman ghadiba Allahu AAalayhim mahum minkum wala minhum wayahlifoona AAalaalkathibi wahum yaAAlamoon

Hast thou not considered those who take as allies a people with whom God is wroth? They are neither of you nor of them; and they swear to lies, and they know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-14.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** فَيَحْلِفُونَ — fayaḥlifūna · "then they will swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللّٰهُ جَم۪يعاً فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَهُ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ عَلٰى شَيْءٍۜ  اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

Yawma yabAAathuhumu Allahu jameeAAanfayahlifoona lahu kama yahlifoona lakum wayahsaboonaannahum AAala shay-in ala innahum humu alkathiboon

The day God raises them all together, they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they stand upon something. In truth, it is they who are the liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-18.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** يَحْلِفُونَ — yaḥlifūna · "they swear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللّٰهُ جَم۪يعاً فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَهُ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ عَلٰى شَيْءٍۜ  اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ

Yawma yabAAathuhumu Allahu jameeAAanfayahlifoona lahu kama yahlifoona lakum wayahsaboonaannahum AAala shay-in ala innahum humu alkathiboon

The day God raises them all together, they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they stand upon something. In truth, it is they who are the liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-18.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** حَلَّافٍۢ — ḥallāfin · "habitual swearer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَا تُطِـعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَه۪ينٍۙ

Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen

Neither obey thou every despised swearer of oaths,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-10.md_

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