# Kaf-Ra-Fe — قرف (qrf)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To earn, peel (the bark or skin), commit, perform (a crime, foolish act), acquire, gain, learn, fabricate, mix truth with falsehood, transgress.
- **Derived forms:** مُّقْتَرِفُون (1) · ٱقْتَرَفْ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 113

- **Form in this verse:** وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا۟ — waliyaqtarifū · "and so that they may commit"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلِتَصْغٰٓى اِلَيْهِ اَفْـِٔدَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا مَا هُمْ مُقْتَرِفُونَ

Walitasgha ilayhi af-idatuallatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratiwaliyardawhu waliyaqtarifoo ma hum muqtarifoon

And that the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter might incline thereto, and be pleased therewith, and that they might commit what they are committing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-113.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 113

- **Form in this verse:** مُّقْتَرِفُونَ — muq'tarifūna · "(are) committing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلِتَصْغٰٓى اِلَيْهِ اَفْـِٔدَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا مَا هُمْ مُقْتَرِفُونَ

Walitasgha ilayhi af-idatuallatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratiwaliyardawhu waliyaqtarifoo ma hum muqtarifoon

And that the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter might incline thereto, and be pleased therewith, and that they might commit what they are committing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-113.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْتَرِفُونَ — yaqtarifūna · "commit"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْاِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَكْسِبُونَ الْاِثْمَ سَيُجْزَوْنَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَقْتَرِفُونَ

Watharoo thahiraal-ithmi wabatinahu inna allatheena yaksiboonaal-ithma sayujzawna bima kanoo yaqtarifoon

And leave the outwardness of sin and the inwardness thereof; those who earn sin will be rewarded with what they committed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-120.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا — iq'taraftumūhā · "that you have acquired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ وَاَبْنَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ وَاِخْوَانُكُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَش۪يرَتُكُمْ وَاَمْوَالٌۨ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَـهَٓا اَحَبَّ اِلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَجِهَادٍ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِه۪ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ اللّٰهُ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ۟

Qul in kana abaokumwaabnaokum wa-ikhwanukum waazwajukumwaAAasheeratukum waamwalun iqtaraftumooha watijaratuntakhshawna kasadaha wamasakinu tardawnahaahabba ilaykum mina Allahi warasoolihi wajihadinfee sabeelihi fatarabbasoo hatta ya/tiya Allahubi-amrihi wallahu la yahdee alqawma alfasiqeen

Say thou: “If your fathers, and your sons, and your brothers, and your wives, and your kindred, and the wealth you have acquired, and trade wherein you fear a decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased, be dearer to you than God and His messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until God brings His command”; and God guides not the perfidious people.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-24.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْتَرِفْ — yaqtarif · "earns"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ذٰلِكَ الَّذ۪ي يُبَشِّرُ اللّٰهُ عِبَادَهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِۜ قُلْ لَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ اَجْراً اِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبٰىۜ وَمَنْ يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَزِدْ لَهُ ف۪يهَا حُسْناًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ

Thalika allathee yubashshiruAllahu AAibadahu allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati qul laas-alukum AAalayhi ajran illa almawaddata fee alqurbawaman yaqtarif hasanatan nazid lahu feeha husnaninna Allaha ghafoorun shakoor

That of which God gives glad tidings to His servants who heed warning and do righteous deeds. Say thou: “I ask of you for it no reward save love among kin.” And whoso commits a good deed, We will increase him in good therein; God is forgiving and appreciative.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-23.md_

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