# Kh-Fe-Ye — خفي (xfy)

> Occurs in 34 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Imperceptible/unapparent, hidden/concealed/covered, faint or dim to the sight, suppressed or stifled, obscure to the mind, to become manifest from a state of concealment (what was concealed became revealed).
- **Derived forms:** أَخْفَى (1) · أُخْفِىَ (18) · خَافِيَة (1) · خُفْيَة (2) · خَفِىّ (2) · مُسْتَخْف (1) · يَخْفَىٰ (6) · يَسْتَخْفُ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 271

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُوهَا — tukh'fūhā · "you keep it secret"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَۚ وَاِنْ تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَـرَٓاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

In tubdoo assadaqatifaniAAimma hiya wa-in tukhfooha watu/toohaalfuqaraa fahuwa khayrun lakum wayukaffiru AAankum minsayyi-atikum wallahu bimataAAmaloona khabeer

If you reveal charity, excellent is it; but if you hide it, and give it to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your evil deeds; and God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-271.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 284

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُوهُ — tukh'fūhu · "you conceal it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَاِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللّٰهُۜ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Lillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi wa-in tubdoo ma feeanfusikum aw tukhfoohu yuhasibkum bihi Allahufayaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibu man yashaowallahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

To God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; whether you reveal what is within yourselves or hide it, God will call you to account for it. And He forgives whom He wills, and punishes whom He wills; and God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-284.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْفَىٰ — yakhfā · "is hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَخْفٰى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِۜ

Inna Allaha la yakhfaAAalayhi shay-on fee al-ardi wala fee assama/-

From God hides not anything in the earth or in the heaven.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-5.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُوا۟ — tukh'fū · "you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ اِنْ تُخْفُوا مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ اَوْ تُبْدُوهُ يَعْلَمْهُ اللّٰهُۜ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Qul in tukhfoo ma fee sudoorikumaw tubdoohu yaAAlamhu Allahu wayaAAlamu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi wallahu AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Say thou: “Whether you hide what is in your breasts or reveal it, God knows it. And He knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-29.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفِى — tukh'fī · "conceals"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالاًۜ وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُّمْۚ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَٓاءُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ وَمَا تُخْف۪ي صُدُورُهُمْ اَكْـبَرُۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo bitanatan min doonikum laya/loonakum khabalan waddoo ma AAanittum qad badatialbaghdao min afwahihim wama tukhfee sudooruhumakbaru qad bayyanna lakumu al-ayati inkuntum taAAqiloon

O you who heed warning: take not as intimates other than your own; they will not spare you ruin. They would that you should suffer. Hatred has already become clear from their mouths, and what their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain the proofs to you, if you will use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-118.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** يُخْفُونَ — yukh'fūna · "They hide"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ثُمَّ اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ اَمَنَةً نُعَاساً يَغْشٰى طَٓائِفَةً مِنْكُمْۙ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ قَدْ اَهَمَّتْهُمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِۜ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَمْرَ كُلَّهُ لِلّٰهِۜ يُخْفُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَۜ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هٰهُنَاۜ قُلْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ اِلٰى مَضَاجِعِهِمْۚ وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللّٰهُ مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Thumma anzala AAalaykum min baAAdi alghammiamanatan nuAAasan yaghsha ta-ifatan minkumwata-ifatun qad ahammat-hum anfusuhum yathunnoonabillahi ghayra alhaqqi thannaaljahiliyyati yaqooloona hal lana mina al-amri minshay-in qul inna al-amra kullahu lillahi yukhfoona feeanfusihim ma la yubdoona laka yaqooloona law kanalana mina al-amri shay-on ma qutilna hahunaqul law kuntum fee buyootikum labaraza allatheena kutibaAAalayhimu alqatlu ila madajiAAihim waliyabtaliyaAllahu ma fee sudoorikum waliyumahhisama fee quloobikum wallahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

Then He sent down upon you, after distress, security, slumber overcoming a number of you; and a number had grieved themselves thinking about God other than the truth — the thought of ignorance — saying: “Have we any part in the affair?” Say thou: “The affair belongs entirely to God.” They hide within themselves what they reveal not to thee, saying: “Had we any part in the affair, we would not have been slain here.” Say thou: “Had you been in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would have gone forth to their resting places”; and: “That God might try what is in your breasts”; and: “That He might refine what is in your hearts.” And God knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-154.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْتَخْفُونَ — yastakhfūna · "They seek to hide"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ اِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضٰى مِنَ الْقَوْلِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يـطاً

Yastakhfoona mina annasi walayastakhfoona mina Allahi wahuwa maAAahum ithyubayyitoona ma la yarda mina alqawli wakanaAllahu bima yaAAmaloona muheeta

They conceal from men, but they conceal not from God; and He is with them when they plan by night what is displeasing to Him of speech; and God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-108.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْتَخْفُونَ — yastakhfūna · "(can) they hide"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ اِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضٰى مِنَ الْقَوْلِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يـطاً

Yastakhfoona mina annasi walayastakhfoona mina Allahi wahuwa maAAahum ithyubayyitoona ma la yarda mina alqawli wakanaAllahu bima yaAAmaloona muheeta

They conceal from men, but they conceal not from God; and He is with them when they plan by night what is displeasing to Him of speech; and God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-108.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 149

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُوهُ — tukh'fūhu · "you conceal it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تُبْدُوا خَيْراً اَوْ تُخْفُوهُ اَوْ تَعْفُوا عَنْ سُٓوءٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ قَد۪يراً

In tubdoo khayran aw tukhfoohu aw taAAfooAAan soo-in fa-inna Allaha kana AAafuwwan qadeera

If you reveal good, or keep it secret, or forgive evil — God is pardoning and powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-149.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُونَ — tukh'fūna · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا كُنْتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَعْفُوا عَنْ كَث۪يرٍۜ قَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُب۪ينٌۙ

Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakumrasooluna yubayyinu lakum katheeran mimma kuntumtukhfoona mina alkitabi wayaAAfoo AAan katheerin qad jaakummina Allahi noorun wakitabun mubeen

O doctors of the Law: Our messenger has come to you, making clear to you much of what you hid of the Writ, and pardoning much. There has come to you light from God, and a clear Writ

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-15.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** يُخْفُونَ — yukh'fūna · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

بَلْ بَدَا لَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُخْفُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا لَعَادُوا لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Bal bada lahum ma kanooyukhfoona min qablu walaw ruddoo laAAadoo limanuhoo AAanhu wa-innahum lakathiboon

The truth is, what they concealed before will be clear to them; and if they were sent back, they would return to what they were forbidden; and they are liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-28.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** وَخُفْيَةًۭ — wakhuf'yatan · "and secretly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ مَنْ يُنَجّ۪يكُمْ مِنْ ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُ تَضَرُّعاً وَخُفْيَةًۚ  لَئِنْ اَنْجٰينَا مِنْ هٰذِه۪ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Qul man yunajjeekum min thulumatialbarri walbahri tadAAoonahu tadarruAAanwakhufyatan la-in anjana min hathihilanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

Say thou: “Who delivers you from the darknesses of the land and the sea? You call to Him humbly and in secret: ‘If He delivers us from this, we will be among the grateful.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-63.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** وَتُخْفُونَ — watukh'fūna · "and you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِه۪ٓ اِذْ قَالُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى بَشَرٍ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ مَنْ اَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذ۪ي جَٓاءَ بِه۪ مُوسٰى نُوراً وَهُدًى لِلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُ قَرَاط۪يسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَث۪يراًۚ وَعُلِّمْتُمْ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُٓوا اَنْتُمْ وَلَٓا اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُۙ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ ف۪ي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Wama qadaroo Allaha haqqaqadrihi ith qaloo ma anzala AllahuAAala basharin min shay-in qul man anzala alkitabaallathee jaa bihi moosa nooran wahudan linnasitajAAaloonahu qarateesa tubdoonaha watukhfoonakatheeran waAAullimtum ma lam taAAlamoo antum wala abaokumquli Allahu thumma tharhum fee khawdihimyalAAaboon

And they measured God not with the measure due Him when they said: “God has not sent down upon a mortal anything.” Say thou: “Who sent down the Writ which Moses brought as a light and guidance for men?” (You make it into parchments which you show; and you conceal much; and you were taught what you knew not, you and your fathers.) Say thou: “God”; then leave thou them playing in their vain discourses.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-91.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** وَخُفْيَةً ۚ — wakhuf'yatan · "and privately"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اُدْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعاً وَخُفْيَةًۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَد۪ينَۚ

OdAAoo rabbakum tadarruAAanwakhufyatan innahu la yuhibbu almuAAtadeen

Call to your Lord humbly and in secret. He loves not the transgressors

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-55.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ — liyastakhfū · "that they may hide"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا مِنْهُۜ  اَلَا ح۪ينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْۙ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَۚ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Ala innahum yathnoona sudoorahumliyastakhfoo minhu ala heena yastaghshoona thiyabahumyaAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona innahuAAaleemun bithati assudoor

In truth, they fold over their breasts to hide from Him; is it not that when they cover themselves with their garments He knows what they keep secret and what they make known? He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-5.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** مُسْتَخْفٍۭ — mus'takhfin · "(is) hidden"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of istif'al · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

سَوَٓاءٌ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ اَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِه۪ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍ بِالَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ

Sawaon minkum man asarra alqawlawaman jahara bihi waman huwa mustakhfin billayli wasaribunbinnahar

It is the same who among you conceals his speech, and who makes it public; and who hides by night, and goes forth by day;

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-10.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** نُخْفِى — nukh'fī · "we conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْف۪ي وَمَا نُعْلِنُۜ وَمَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِ

Rabbana innaka taAAlamu manukhfee wama nuAAlinu wama yakhfa AAalaAllahi min shay-in fee al-ardi wala fee assama/-

“Our Lord: Thou knowest what we hide, and what we make known; and nothing is hidden from God in the earth or in the heaven.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-38.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْفَىٰ — yakhfā · "(is) hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْف۪ي وَمَا نُعْلِنُۜ وَمَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِ

Rabbana innaka taAAlamu manukhfee wama nuAAlinu wama yakhfa AAalaAllahi min shay-in fee al-ardi wala fee assama/-

“Our Lord: Thou knowest what we hide, and what we make known; and nothing is hidden from God in the earth or in the heaven.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-38.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** خَفِيًّۭا — khafiyyan · "secret"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهُ نِدَٓاءً خَفِياًّ

Ith nada rabbahu nidaankhafiyya

When he called to his Lord with a secret call,

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-3.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَخْفَى — wa-akhfā · "and the more hidden"
  - **Grammar:** noun · accusative case

وَاِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَاِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَاَخْفٰى

Wa-in tajhar bilqawli fa-innahuyaAAlamu assirra waakhfa

And if thou be public in speech, then He knows the secret and what is more hidden.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-7.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** أُخْفِيهَا — ukh'fīhā · "[I] hide it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, singular · present tense

اِنَّ السَّاعَةَ اٰتِيَةٌ اَكَادُ اُخْف۪يهَا لِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعٰى

Inna assaAAata atiyatunakadu okhfeeha litujza kullu nafsin bimatasAAa

“The Hour is coming — I almost conceal it — that every soul might be rewarded for that for which it strives;

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-15.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** يُخْفِينَ — yukh'fīna · "they conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, plural · present tense

وَقُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ اَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلٰى جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اَخَوَاتِهِنَّ اَوْ نِسَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُنَّ اَوِ التَّابِع۪ينَ غَيْرِ اُو۬لِي الْاِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ اَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلٰى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَٓاءِۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِاَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْف۪ينَ مِنْ ز۪ينَتِهِنَّۜ وَتُوبُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ جَم۪يعاً اَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Waqul lilmu/minati yaghdudnamin absarihinna wayahfathnafuroojahunna wala yubdeena zeenatahunna illa mathahara minha walyadribnabikhumurihinna AAala juyoobihinna wala yubdeenazeenatahunna illa libuAAoolatihinna aw aba-ihinnaaw aba-i buAAoolatihinna aw abna-ihinna awabna-i buAAoolatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw baneeikhwanihinna aw banee akhawatihinna aw nisa-ihinnaaw ma malakat aymanuhunna awi attabiAAeenaghayri olee al-irbati mina arrijali awi attifliallatheena lam yathharoo AAala AAawratiannisa-i wala yadribnabi-arjulihinna liyuAAlama ma yukhfeena min zeenatihinnawatooboo ila Allahi jameeAAan ayyuhaalmu/minoona laAAallakum tuflihoon

And say thou to the believing women, that they lower some of their sight, and preserve their chastity, and that they show not their adornment save that apparent of it, and that they draw their coverings over their bosoms and not reveal their adornment save to their husbands, or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or what their right hands possess, or male attendants who have not the resourcefulness of men, or the children not yet aware of a woman’s private parts. And let them not strike their feet to make known what they hide of their adornment. And turn to God altogether, O believers, that you might be successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-31.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُونَ — tukh'fūna · "you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّا يَسْجُدُوا لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي يُخْرِجُ الْخَبْءَ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ

Alla yasjudoo lillahi allatheeyukhriju alkhabaa fee assamawati wal-ardiwayaAAlamu ma tukhfoona wama tuAAlinoon

That they submit not to God who brings forth the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what you hide and what you make known;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-25.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** أُخْفِىَ — ukh'fiya · "is hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَٓا اُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ اَعْيُنٍۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Fala taAAlamu nafsun maokhfiya lahum min qurrati aAAyunin jazaan bima kanooyaAAmaloon

And no soul knows what has been hidden for them as a comfort of the eyes as reward for what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-17.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** وَتُخْفِى — watukh'fī · "But you concealed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ تَقُولُ لِلَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ اَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ زَوْجَكَ وَاتَّقِ اللّٰهَ وَتُخْف۪ي ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ مَا اللّٰهُ مُبْد۪يهِ وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَۚ وَاللّٰهُ اَحَقُّ اَنْ تَخْشٰيهُۜ فَلَمَّا قَضٰى زَيْدٌ مِنْهَا وَطَراً زَوَّجْنَاكَهَا لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ حَرَجٌ ف۪ٓي اَزْوَاجِ اَدْعِيَٓائِهِمْ اِذَا قَضَوْا مِنْهُنَّ وَطَراًۜ وَكَانَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ مَفْعُولاً

Wa-ith taqoolu lillatheeanAAama Allahu AAalayhi waanAAamta AAalayhi amsik AAalaykazawjaka wattaqi Allaha watukhfee fee nafsika maAllahu mubdeehi watakhsha annasa wallahuahaqqu an takhshahu falamma qadazaydun minha wataran zawwajnakahalikay la yakoona AAala almu/mineena harajunfee azwaji adAAiya-ihim itha qadawminhunna wataran wakana amru Allahi mafAAoola

And when thou saidst to him whom God has favoured, and whom thou hast favoured: “Hold thou thy wife to thee, and be thou in prudent fear of God,” and wast concealing in thyself what God reveals[...]. And thou fearedst men, when God has more right that thou fear Him. Then when Zayd had concluded any need of her, We gave her to thee in marriage, that there be not blame upon the believers concerning the wives of their adopted sons, when they have concluded any need of them. And the command of God is carried out.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-37.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفُوهُ — tukh'fūhu · "conceal it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تُبْدُوا شَيْـٔاً اَوْ تُخْفُوهُ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يماً

In tubdoo shay-an aw tukhfoohu fa-inna Allahakana bikulli shay-in AAaleema

Whether you reveal a thing or keep it secret, God is knowing of all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-54.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْفَىٰ — yakhfā · "is hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ هُمْ بَارِزُونَۚ لَا يَخْفٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ مِنْهُمْ شَيْءٌۜ لِمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَۜ لِلّٰهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

Yawma hum barizoona la yakhfaAAala Allahi minhum shay-on limani almulku alyawmalillahi alwahidi alqahhar

The day they emerge nothing of them will be hidden from God: “Whose is the dominion this day?” — “It belongs to God, the One, the Vanquishing:

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-16.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** تُخْفِى — tukh'fī · "conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَعْلَمُ خَٓائِنَةَ الْاَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ

YaAAlamu kha-inata al-aAAyuni wamatukhfee assudoor

He knows the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-19.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْفَوْنَ — yakhfawna · "hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُلْحِدُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَاۜ  اَفَمَنْ يُلْقٰى فِي النَّارِ خَيْرٌ اَمْ مَنْ يَأْت۪ٓي اٰمِناً يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اِعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْۙ اِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Inna allatheena yulhidoona feeayatina la yakhfawna AAalaynaafaman yulqa fee annari khayrun ammanya/tee aminan yawma alqiyamati iAAmaloo mashi/tum innahu bima taAAmaloona baseer

Those who deviate from Our proofs are not hidden from Us. Is then he who is cast into the Fire better, or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what you will, He sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-40.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** خَفِىٍّۢ ۗ — khafiyyin · "stealthy"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَتَرٰيهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَاشِع۪ينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ يَنْظُرُونَ مِنْ طَرْفٍ خَفِيٍّۜ وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ الَّذ۪ينَ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاَهْل۪يهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّ الظَّالِم۪ينَ ف۪ي عَذَابٍ مُق۪يمٍ

Watarahum yuAAradoona AAalayhakhashiAAeena mina aththulli yanthuroonamin tarfin khafiyyin waqala allatheena amanooinna alkhasireena allatheena khasiroo anfusahumwaahleehim yawma alqiyamati ala inna aththalimeenafee AAathabin muqeem

And thou wilt see them being exposed to it, humble from weakness, looking on with a furtive glance; and those who heed warning will say: “The losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection”; in truth, the wrongdoers are in lasting punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-45.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** أَخْفَيْتُمْ — akhfaytum · "you conceal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوّ۪ي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ تُلْقُونَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَٓاءَكُمْ مِنَ الْحَقِّۚ يُخْرِجُونَ الرَّسُولَ وَاِيَّاكُمْ اَنْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ رَبِّكُمْۜ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَاداً ف۪ي سَب۪يل۪ي وَابْتِغَٓاءَ مَرْضَات۪ي تُسِرُّونَ اِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِۗ وَاَنَا۬ اَعْلَمُ بِمَٓا اَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَٓا اَعْلَنْتُمْۜ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْهُ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَٓاءَ السَّب۪يلِ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo AAaduwwee waAAaduwwakum awliyaatulqoona ilayhim bilmawaddati waqad kafaroo bima jaakummina alhaqqi yukhrijoona arrasoola wa-iyyakuman tu/minoo billahi rabbikum in kuntum kharajtumjihadan fee sabeelee wabtighaa mardateetusirroona ilayhim bilmawaddati waana aAAlamu bimaakhfaytum wama aAAlantum waman yafAAalhu minkum faqad dallasawaa assabeel

O you who heed warning: take not My enemy and your enemy as allies, extending to them love, when they have denied that which has come to you of the truth — they, turning out the Messenger and you because you believe in God, your Lord, if you go forth to strive in My cause and seeking My pleasure — showing them love in secret. And I best know what you conceal and what you proclaim; and whoso does it among you, he has strayed from the right path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-1.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** تَخْفَىٰ — takhfā · "will be hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفٰى مِنْكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

That day, you will be presented; no secret among you will be concealed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-18.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** خَافِيَةٌۭ — khāfiyatun · "any secret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفٰى مِنْكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

That day, you will be presented; no secret among you will be concealed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-18.md_

### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْفَىٰ — yakhfā · "is hidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ  اِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفٰىۜ

Illa ma shaa Allahuinnahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

Save that God should will; He knows the apparent and the hidden.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ala/verse-7.md_

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