# Se-Kaf-Fe — ثقف (vqf)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to get the better, come upon, find, catch, take, gain the mastery over, be intelligent, skilled, meet, overtake/overcome
- **Derived forms:** ثُقِفُ (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 191

- **Form in this verse:** ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ — thaqif'tumūhum · "you find them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَاَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ اَخْرَجُوكُمْ وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَشَدُّ مِنَ الْقَتْلِۚ وَلَا تُقَاتِلُوهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ حَتّٰى يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ ف۪يهِۚ فَاِنْ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْۜ  كَذٰلِكَ جَزَٓاءُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waqtuloohum haythuthaqiftumoohum waakhrijoohum min haythu akhrajookum walfitnatuashaddu mina alqatli wala tuqatiloohum AAindaalmasjidi alharami hatta yuqatilookumfeehi fa-in qatalookum faqtuloohum kathalikajazao alkafireen

And kill them wheresoever you find them, and turn them out from wheresoever they turned you out; and means of denial is worse than killing. And fight them not in the inviolable place of worship until they fight you therein. But if they fight you, then kill them; thus is the reward of the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-191.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** ثُقِفُوٓا۟ — thuqifū · "they are found"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ اَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُٓوا اِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الْاَنْبِيَٓاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۜ ذٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ۠

Duribat AAalayhimu aththillatuayna ma thuqifoo illa bihablin mina Allahiwahablin mina annasi wabaoo bighadabinmina Allahi waduribat AAalayhimu almaskanatu thalikabi-annahum kanoo yakfuroona bi-ayati Allahiwayaqtuloona al-anbiyaa bighayri haqqin thalikabima AAasaw wakanoo yaAAtadoon

Pitched upon them will be ignominy wherever they are found save for a rope from God and a rope from men. And they will incur wrath from God, and wretchedness will be pitched upon them, for it is that they denied the proofs of God! And they killed the prophets without cause, for it is that they opposed and exceeded all bounds!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-112.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚ — thaqif'tumūhum · "you find them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

سَتَجِدُونَ اٰخَر۪ينَ يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ كُلَّمَا رُدُّٓوا اِلَى الْفِتْنَةِ اُرْكِسُوا ف۪يهَاۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُٓوا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَاناً مُب۪يناً۟

Satajidoona akhareena yureedoona anya/manookum waya/manoo qawmahum kulla ma ruddoo ilaalfitnati orkisoo feeha fa-in lam yaAAtazilookum wayulqooilaykumu assalama wayakuffoo aydiyahum fakhuthoohumwaqtuloohum haythu thaqiftumoohum waola-ikumjaAAalna lakum AAalayhim sultanan mubeena

You will find others desiring safety from you, and safety from their people; as often as they are turned back to the means of denial, they are turned over to it. And if they withdraw not from you and extend to you peace and restrain their hands, take them and kill them wheresoever you find them; and over those have We given you a clear authority.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-91.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ — tathqafannahum · "you gain dominance over them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَاِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِمْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbifasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroon

And if thou find them in war, then put thou fear by them into those behind them, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-57.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** ثُقِفُوٓا۟ — thuqifū · "they are found"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

مَلْعُون۪ينَۚۛ اَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُٓوا اُخِذُوا وَقُتِّلُوا تَقْت۪يلاً

MalAAooneena ayna ma thuqifoo okhithoowaquttiloo taqteela

Ones cursed: wherever they are found, taken and comprehensively killed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-61.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** يَثْقَفُوكُمْ — yathqafūkum · "they gain dominance over you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا لَكُمْ اَعْدَٓاءً وَيَبْسُطُٓوا اِلَيْكُمْ اَيْدِيَهُمْ وَاَلْسِنَتَهُمْ بِالسُّٓوءِ وَوَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَۜ

In yathqafookum yakoonoo lakam aAAdaanwayabsutoo ilaykum aydiyahum waalsinatahum bissoo-iwawaddoo law takfuroon

If they come upon you, they will be enemies to you, and stretch out their hands and their tongues against you with evil; and they wish that you should deny.

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

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