# Kh-Fe-Dad — خفض (xfD)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To lower or depress, to abase, to overcome, to be easy/tranquil/gentle, to have a tranquil/easy and plentiful life, to be soft or gentle in voice
- **Derived forms:** خَافِضَة (1) · ٱخْفِضْ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱخْفِضْ — wa-ikh'fiḍ · "And lower"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ اِلٰى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِه۪ٓ اَزْوَاجاً مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

La tamuddanna AAaynayka ila mamattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum wala tahzanAAalayhim wakhfid janahaka lilmu/mineen

Extend thou not thine eyes towards what enjoyment We have granted categories of them, and grieve thou not over them (but lower thou thy wing to the believers,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-88.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱخْفِضْ — wa-ikh'fiḍ · "And lower"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَان۪ي صَغ۪يراًۜ

Wakhfid lahuma janahaaththulli mina arrahmati waqulrabbi irhamhuma kama rabbayanee sagheera

And lower thou to them the wing of gentleness out of mercy, and say thou: “My Lord: have mercy on them, as they brought me up when I was small.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-24.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 215

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱخْفِضْ — wa-ikh'fiḍ · "And lower"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّـبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۚ

Wakhfid janahakalimani ittabaAAaka mina almu/mineen

And lower thou thy wing to those who follow thee among the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-215.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** خَافِضَةٌۭ — khāfiḍatun · "Bringing down"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌۙ

Khafidatun rafiAAa

Abasing, exalting;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-3.md_

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