# Lam-Kaf-Fe — لقف (lqf)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To catch up hurriedly, seize, swallow up quickly, destroy, undo, eat up, catch and retain, collapse, fall upon the enemy, crumble down
- **Derived forms:** تَلْقَفُ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** تَلْقَفُ — talqafu · "swallow(ed)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Waawhayna ila moosaan alqi AAasaka fa-itha hiya talqafu maya/fikoon

And We instructed Moses: “Cast thou thy staff,” — and then it swallowed up what they falsified!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-117.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** تَلْقَفْ — talqaf · "it will swallow up"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَاَلْقِ مَا ف۪ي يَم۪ينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُواۜ اِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍۜ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ اَتٰى

Waalqi ma fee yameenika talqaf masanaAAoo innama sanaAAoo kaydu sahirinwala yuflihu assahiru haythuata

“And cast thou what is in thy right hand; it will swallow up what they have wrought. They have wrought but the plan of a sorcerer, and the sorcerer will not be successful, no matter where he goes.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-69.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** تَلْقَفُ — talqafu · "swallowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

فَاَلْقٰى مُوسٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Faalqa moosa AAasahufa-itha hiya talqafu ma ya/fikoon

Then Moses cast his staff; and then it swallowed up what they falsified;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-45.md_

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