# Vav-Cim-Fe — وجف (wjf)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** being athrob (heart), beating painfully, to urge, to prick (e.g. an animal to make it go faster). To be agitated in a most disturbed condition, palpitate, run.
- **Derived forms:** أَوْجَفْ (1) · وَاجِفَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** أَوْجَفْتُمْ — awjaftum · "you made expedition"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَمَٓا اَفَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ مِنْهُمْ فَمَٓا اَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Wama afaa Allahu AAalarasoolihi minhum fama awjaftum AAalayhi min khaylin walarikabin walakinna Allaha yusalliturusulahu AAala man yashao wallahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

And what God gave in spoil to His messenger from them: you spurred not for it any horse or camel, but God gives His messengers authority over whom He wills; and God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-6.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَاجِفَةٌ — wājifatun · "will palpitate"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌۙ

Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifa

Hearts, that day, will tremble,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-8.md_

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