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كَفّارَة

kaffāratun

an expiation

প্রায়শ্চিত্ত

Root letters: ك ف رAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,616 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ك ف ر

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)كَفَّارَةٌۭ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • كَفَّارَةٌۭan expiationkaffāratun · 1 times
  • فَكَفَّـٰرَتُهُۥٓSo its expiationfakaffāratuhu · 1 times
  • كَفَّـٰرَةُ(is the) expiationkaffāratu · 1 times
  • كَفَّـٰرَةٌۭan expiationkaffāratun · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ك ف ر — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

Surah 5:45 — Read full ayah

Allāh will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses [i.e., revealed law] that you may be grateful.

Surah 5:89 — Read full ayah

O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of iḥrām. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allāh] delivered to the Kaʿbah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his matter [i.e., deed]. Allāh has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allāh will take retribution from him. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.

Surah 5:95 — Read full ayah