# Kh-Fe-Te — خفت (xft)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be still or silent, to be low/soft/gentle, to be weak due to vehement hunger, to be abject, to silence or kill (smite with a sword or the like), to be goodly or beautiful, worthy of notice.
- **Derived forms:** تُخَافِتْ (1) · يَتَخَٰفَتُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** تُخَافِتْ — tukhāfit · "be silent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَۜ  اَياًّ مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَٓاءُ الْحُسْنٰىۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَب۪يلاً

Quli odAAoo Allaha awi odAAoo arrahmanaayyan ma tadAAoo falahu al-asmao alhusnawala tajhar bisalatika wala tukhafitbiha wabtaghi bayna thalika sabeela

Say thou: “Call to God, or call to the Almighty; by whichever you call, to Him belong the most beautiful names.” And be thou not loud in thy duty, nor quiet therein, but follow thou a path in-between,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-110.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ — yatakhāfatūna · "They are murmuring"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَتَخَافَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا عَشْراً

Yatakhafatoona baynahum in labithtumilla AAashra

Whispering among themselves: “You tarried only ten.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-103.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ — yatakhāfatūna · "lowered (their) voices"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَۙ

Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon

So they departed, whispering together:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-23.md_

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