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اخْتِلاف

ikh'tilāfan

contradiction

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Root letters: خ ل فAppears 7 times in the Qur'an#1,035 most frequentVerbal noun (maṣdar)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form VIII
Learn it in lesson 104

About this word

Verbal noun (maṣdar)Masculine (mudhakkar)Verb form VIIIRoot letters: خ ل ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱخْتِلَـٰفًۭا7 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِand alternationwa-ikh'tilāfi · 3 times
  • ٱخْتِلَـٰفًۭاcontradictionikh'tilāfan · 1 times
  • ٱخْتِلَـٰفِ(the) alternationikh'tilāfi · 1 times
  • ٱخْتِلَـٰفُ(is the) alternationikh'tilāfu · 1 times
  • وَٱخْتِلَـٰفُand the diversitywa-ikh'tilāfu · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root خ ل ف — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

Surah 23:80 — Read full ayah

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding -

Surah 3:190 — Read full ayah

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān? If it had been from [any] other than Allāh, they would have found within it much contradiction.

Surah 4:82 — Read full ayah