# Ha-Kaf-Fe — حقف (Hqf)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be curved, lie on the side, bent, winding.
- **Derived forms:** أَحْقَاف (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ — bil-aḥqāfi · "in the Al-Ahqaf"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاذْكُرْ اَخَا عَادٍۜ اِذْ اَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ بِالْاَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ النُّذُرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه۪ٓ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُٓوا اِلَّا اللّٰهَۜ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

Wathkur akha AAadinith anthara qawmahu bil-ahqafiwaqad khalati annuthuru min bayni yadayhi waminkhalfihi alla taAAbudoo illa Allaha inneeakhafu AAalaykum AAathaba yawmin AAatheem

And remember thou the brother of ʿĀd, when he warned his people of the wind-curved sandhills: — and warners have passed away before him and after him — “Serve not save God; I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-21.md_

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