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كَهْف

the cave

গুহার

Root letters: ك ه فAppears 6 times in the Qur'an#1,220 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 122

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ك ه ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلْكَهْفِ6 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْكَهْفِ(of) the cavel-kahfi · 4 times
  • كَهْفِهِمْtheir cavekahfihim · 2 times

Examples from the Qur'an

So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

Surah 18:11 — Read full ayah

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

Surah 18:25 — Read full ayah

Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

Surah 18:9 — Read full ayah