# Kef-he-Nun — كهن (khn)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be priest or soothsayer, pretend to be diviner.
- **Derived forms:** كَاهِن (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** بِكَاهِنٍۢ — bikāhinin · "a soothsayer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَٓا اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍۜ

Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmatirabbika bikahin wala majnoon

So remind thou! And by the favour of thy Lord thou art neither a soothsayer nor possessed.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-29.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ — kāhinin · "(of) a soothsayer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۜ  قَل۪يلاً مَا تَذَكَّرُونَۜ

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

Nor the word of a soothsayer — little do you take heed —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-42.md_

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