# Kaf-Zal-Fe — قذف (qpf)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to pelt, cast, inspire, hurt, do away, throw, plunge, charge anyone with (foul and evil actions), shoot, dart
- **Derived forms:** قَذَفَ (9)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱقْذِفِيهِ — iq'dhifīhi · "cast him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, singular · imperative mood

اَنِ اقْذِف۪يهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِف۪يهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ ل۪ي وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُۜ وَاَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنّ۪يۚ وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلٰى عَيْن۪يۢ

Ani iqthifeehi fee attabootifaqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bissahiliya/khuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytuAAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAalaAAaynee

“‘Hurl thou him into the chest, and hurl thou it into the water; the water will cast him upon the shore. An enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him.’ And I cast upon thee love from Me, and that thou be wrought under My eye

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-39.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱقْذِفِيهِ — fa-iq'dhifīhi · "then cast it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, singular · imperative mood

اَنِ اقْذِف۪يهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِف۪يهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ ل۪ي وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُۜ وَاَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنّ۪يۚ وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلٰى عَيْن۪يۢ

Ani iqthifeehi fee attabootifaqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bissahiliya/khuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytuAAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAalaAAaynee

“‘Hurl thou him into the chest, and hurl thou it into the water; the water will cast him upon the shore. An enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him.’ And I cast upon thee love from Me, and that thou be wrought under My eye

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-39.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَا — faqadhafnāhā · "so we threw them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

قَالُوا مَٓا اَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْـنَٓا اَوْزَاراً مِنْ ز۪ينَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَاهَا فَكَذٰلِكَ اَلْقَى السَّامِرِيُّۙ

Qaloo ma akhlafnamawAAidaka bimalkina walakinna hummilnaawzaran min zeenati alqawmi faqathafnahafakathalika alqa assamiriy

They said: “We failed not to keep our promise to thee of our own accord, but we were given to bear burdens of the adornment of the people — so we hurled them. (And thus the Sāmiriyy cast,

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-87.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** نَقْذِفُ — naqdhifu · "We hurl"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَاِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۜ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Bal naqthifu bilhaqqiAAala albatili fayadmaghuhu fa-itha huwa zahiqunwalakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoon

But We hurl the truth against vanity and it triumphs over it, and then it passes away. And woe to you for what you describe!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-18.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَذَفَ — waqadhafa · "and cast"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَنْزَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَاهَرُوهُمْ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ صَيَاص۪يهِمْ وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ فَر۪يقاً تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَر۪يقاًۚ

Waanzala allatheena thaharoohummin ahli alkitabi min sayaseehim waqathafafee quloobihimu arruAAba fareeqan taqtuloona wata/siroonafareeqa

And He brought down those who assisted them among the doctors of the Law from their strongholds, and hurled terror into their hearts; a faction you killed, and you took captive a faction.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-26.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْذِفُ — yaqdhifu · "projects"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّۚ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Qul inna rabbee yaqthifu bilhaqqiAAallamu alghuyoob

Say thou: “My Lord hurls the truth — the Knower of the Unseen Realms.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-48.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَقْذِفُونَ — wayaqdhifūna · "And they utter conjectures"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِه۪ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ

Waqad kafaroo bihi min qablu wayaqthifoonabilghaybi min makanin baAAeed

When they denied it before, and attacked the Unseen from a place far away?

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-53.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُقْذَفُونَ — wayuq'dhafūna · "are pelted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ اِلَى الْمَلَأِ الْاَعْلٰى وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍۗ

La yassammaAAoona ila almala-ial-aAAla wayuqthafoona min kulli janib

They listen not to the exalted assembly, and they are pelted from every side,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-8.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَذَفَ — waqadhafa · "and He cast"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِاَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِۜ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاَتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheenakafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim li-awwalialhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannooannahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahifaatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboowaqathafa fee quloobihimu arruAAba yukhriboonabuyootahum bi-aydeehim waaydee almu/mineena faAAtabiroo yaolee al-absar

He it is that turned out those who ignore warning among the doctors of the Law from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their strongholds would protect them from God; but God came upon them whence they reckoned not, and He hurled terror into their hearts; they ruined their houses with their hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O you who have vision!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-2.md_

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