# Ra-Dal-Fe — ردف (rdf)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To follow, come behind, ride behind, supply, a sequent of a thing, consequence. Radifin - that which follow, which comes after another without break, follower. Alrridfaan signifying the night and the day because each of them is a ridf to the other.
- **Derived forms:** رَدِفَ (1) · رَّادِفَة (1) · مُرْدِفِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** مُرْدِفِينَ — mur'difīna · "one after another"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِذْ تَسْتَغ۪يثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ اَنّ۪ي مُمِدُّكُمْ بِاَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ مُرْدِف۪ينَ

Ith tastagheethoona rabbakum fastajabalakum annee mumiddukum bi-alfin mina almala-ikatimurdifeen

When you sought succour of your Lord, and He responded to you: “I will assist you with a thousand angels in ranks.”

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

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** رَدِفَ — radifa · "close behind"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذ۪ي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Qul AAasa an yakoona radifa lakumbaAAdu allathee tastaAAjiloon

Say thou: “It may be that close behind you is some of what you would hasten.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-72.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّادِفَةُ — l-rādifatu · "the subsequent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case

تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُۜ

TatbaAAuha arradifa

There will follow it the second.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-7.md_

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