# Ha-Nun-Fe — حنف (Hnf)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To lean to one side, incline or decline, turn away from error to guidance, incline to the right religion, stand firmly on one side, leave a false religion and turn to right, act according to the law of Abraham, turn away from the worship of idols, apply or devote oneself to religious services, incline to or have a right state or tendency.
- **Derived forms:** حَنِيف (12)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 135

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا ۖ — ḥanīfan · "(the) upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰى تَهْتَدُواۜ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Waqaloo koonoo hoodan aw nasaratahtadoo qul bal millata ibraheema haneefan wamakana mina almushrikeen

And they say: “Be such as hold to Judaism, or Christians — you will be guided.” Say thou: “Nay, the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-135.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا — ḥanīfan · "a true"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

مَا كَانَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ يَهُودِياًّ وَلَا نَصْرَانِياًّ وَلٰكِنْ كَانَ حَن۪يفاً مُسْلِماًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Ma kana ibraheemuyahoodiyyan wala nasraniyyan walakinkana haneefan musliman wama kana minaalmushrikeen

Abraham was neither one who holds to Judaism, nor a Christian, but was inclining to truth as one submitting; and he was not of the idolaters.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-67.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا — ḥanīfan · "(the) upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ صَدَقَ اللّٰهُ فَاتَّبِعُوا مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Qul sadaqa Allahu fattabiAAoomillata ibraheema haneefan wama kanamina almushrikeen

Say thou: “God spoke truly; so follow the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-95.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 125

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا ۗ — ḥanīfan · "(the) upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ اَحْسَنُ د۪يناً مِمَّنْ اَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَاتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ خَل۪يلاً

Waman ahsanu deenan mimman aslamawajhahu lillahi wahuwa muhsinun wattabaAAamillata ibraheema haneefan wattakhathaAllahu ibraheema khaleela

And who is better in doctrine than he who submits his face to God, and is a doer of good, and follows the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth? And God took Abraham as a friend.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-125.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا ۖ — ḥanīfan · "(as) a true monotheist"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنّ۪ي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذ۪ي فَطَرَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ حَن۪يفاً وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَۚ

Innee wajjahtu wajhiya lillathee fataraassamawati wal-arda haneefanwama ana mina almushrikeen

“I have turned my face towards Him who created the heavens and the earth, inclining to truth; and I am not of the idolaters.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-79.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا ۚ — ḥanīfan · "a true monotheist"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ اِنَّن۪ي هَدٰين۪ي رَبّ۪ٓي اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍۚ د۪يناً قِيَماً مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Qul innanee hadanee rabbee ilasiratin mustaqeemin deenan qiyaman millata ibraheemahaneefan wama kana mina almushrikeen

Say thou: “As for me, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right doctrine, the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-161.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا — ḥanīfan · "upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاَنْ اَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدّ۪ينِ حَن۪يفاًۚ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Waan aqim wajhaka liddeeni haneefanwala takoonanna mina almushrikeen

“And: ‘Set thou thy face towards the doctrine, inclining to truth; and be thou not of the idolaters;

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-105.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا — ḥanīfan · "upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ كَانَ اُمَّةً قَانِتاً لِلّٰهِ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَۙ

Inna ibraheema kana ommatan qanitanlillahi haneefan walam yaku mina almushrikeen

Abraham was a leader, humbly obedient to God, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-120.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 123

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا ۖ — ḥanīfan · "upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ اَنِ اتَّبِـعْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ

Thumma awhayna ilayka aniittabiAA millata ibraheema haneefan wama kanamina almushrikeen

Then We instructed thee: “Follow thou the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth; and he was not of the idolaters.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-123.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** حُنَفَآءَ — ḥunafāa · "Being upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

حُنَفَٓاءَ لِلّٰهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِك۪ينَ بِه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللّٰهِ فَكَاَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ اَوْ تَهْو۪ي بِهِ الرّ۪يحُ ف۪ي مَكَانٍ سَح۪يقٍ

Hunafaa lillahi ghayramushrikeena bihi waman yushrik billahi fakaannamakharra mina assama-i fatakhtafuhu attayruaw tahwee bihi arreehu fee makanin saheeq

Inclining towards God, not ascribing a partnership to Him. And whoso ascribes a partnership to God, it is as if he had fallen from the sky, then the birds snatch him away, or the wind sweeps him away to a far-off place.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-31.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** حَنِيفًۭا ۚ — ḥanīfan · "upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدّ۪ينِ حَن۪يفاًۜ فِطْرَتَ اللّٰهِ الَّت۪ي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَاۜ لَا تَبْد۪يلَ لِخَلْقِ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ الدّ۪ينُ الْقَيِّمُۗ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۗ

Faaqim wajhaka liddeeni haneefanfitrata Allahi allatee fatara annasaAAalayha la tabdeela likhalqi Allahi thalikaaddeenu alqayyimu walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon

So set thou thy face towards the doctrine, inclining to truth: — the nature of God with which He created people — (there is no changing the creation of God) that is the right doctrine, (but most men know not)

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-30.md_

### 98. Surah Al-Bayyinah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** حُنَفَآءَ — ḥunafāa · "upright"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَمَٓا اُمِرُٓوا اِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَ حُنَفَٓاءَ وَيُق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَذٰلِكَ د۪ينُ الْقَيِّمَةِۜ

Wama omiroo illa liyaAAbudooAllaha mukhliseena lahu addeena hunafaawayuqeemoo assalata wayu/too azzakatawathalika deenu alqayyima

And they were commanded only to serve God, sincere to Him in doctrine, inclining to truth; and to uphold the duty, and to render the purity — and that is the doctrine of the upright.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-bayyinah/verse-5.md_

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