# Kef-he-Fe — كهف (khf)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To fill caves or places of protection
- **Derived forms:** كَهْف (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَهْفِ — l-kahfi · "(of) the cave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّق۪يمِ كَانُوا مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَا عَجَباً

Am hasibta anna as-habaalkahfi warraqeemi kanoo min ayatinaAAajaba

If thou thinkest that the companions of the cave, and the inscription, were a wonder among Our proofs: —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-9.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَهْفِ — l-kahfi · "the cave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ اِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَداً

Ith awa alfityatu ilaalkahfi faqaloo rabbana atina minladunka rahmatan wahayyi/ lana min amrinarashada

(When the young men took shelter in the cave and said: “Our Lord: give Thou us mercy from Thyself, and furnish Thou us out of our affair with rectitude,”

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَهْفِ — l-kahfi · "the cave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِن۪ينَ عَدَداًۙ

Fadarabna AAala athanihimfee alkahfi sineena AAadada

Then smote We their ears in the cave a number of years.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-11.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَهْفِ — l-kahfi · "the cave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَأْوُٓ۫ا اِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِه۪ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقاً

Wa-ithi iAAtazaltumoohum wamayaAAbudoona illa Allaha fa/woo ila alkahfiyanshur lakum rabbukum min rahmatihi wayuhayyi/ lakum minamrikum mirfaqa

“And when you have withdrawn from them and what they serve save God, take shelter in the cave. Your Lord will unfurl for you out of His mercy, and furnish you out of your affair all that you need.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-16.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** كَهْفِهِمْ — kahfihim · "their cave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَزَاوَرُ عَنْ كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ ف۪ي فَجْوَةٍ مِنْهُۜ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ مَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِياًّ مُرْشِداً۟

Watara ashshamsa itha talaAAattazawaru AAan kahfihim thata alyameeni wa-ithagharabat taqriduhum thata ashshimaliwahum fee fajwatin minhu thalika min ayatiAllahi man yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadi waman yudlilfalan tajida lahu waliyyan murshida

(And thou seest the sun: when it rises it inclines away from their cave to the right; and when it sets, it passes away from them on the left — and they in the opening thereof! That is among the proofs of God; whom God guides, he is guided; and whom He sends astray, for him thou wilt find no guiding ally.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-17.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** كَهْفِهِمْ — kahfihim · "their cave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَبِثُوا ف۪ي كَـهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِن۪ينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً

Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalathami-atin sineena wazdadoo tisAAa

“And they tarried in their cave three hundred years!” And they increased by nine.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-25.md_

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