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حنف

ḥ-n-f

Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Root

ح-ن-ف

10

Total uses

10

Verses

7

Surahs

1

Forms

Root

ح-ن-ف

Root Meaning

Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Derived forms

حَنِيفࣰ10

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-Baqarah 2:135

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Nay, but (we follow) the religion of Abraham, the upright, and he was not of the idolaters

Aal-Imran 3:67

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters

Aal-Imran 3:95

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, the upright. He was not of the idolaters

An-Nisa 4:125

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Who is better in religion than he who surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good (to men) and followeth the tradition of Abraham, the upright? Allah (Himself) chose Abraham for friend

Al-An'am 6:79

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters

Yunus 10:105

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

And, (O Muhammad) set thy purpose resolutely for religion, as a man by nature upright, and be not of those who ascribe partners (to Allah)

An-Nahl 16:120

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

Lo! Abraham was a nation obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the idolaters

An-Nahl 16:123

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

And afterward We inspired thee (Muhammad, saying): Follow the religion of Abraham, as one by nature upright. He was not of the idolaters

Al-Hajj 22:31

حُنَفَآءَ

Turning unto Allah (only), not ascribing partners unto Him; for whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, it is as if he had fallen from the sky and the birds had snatched him or the wind had blown him to a far-off place

Ar-Rum 30:30

حَنِيفًاMeaning here: Hnf describes someone who inclines to a right state, especially from false religion to true religion.

So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion, but most men know not

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Al-An'am 6:161

قُلۡ إِنَّنِي هَدَىٰنِي رَبِّيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ دِينࣰ ا قِيَمࣰ ا مِّلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ اۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

Say: 'As for me, my Lord has guided me on to a straight way, a right religion, the way of Abraham who adopted it in exclusive devotion to Allah, and he was not of those who associated others with Allah in His divinity