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خَطِفَ

yakhṭafu

snatches away

কেড়ে নেয়

Root letters: خ ط فAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,830 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
Learn it in lesson 183

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: خ ط ف

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)خَطِفَ1 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يَخْطَفُ2 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • يَخْطَفُsnatches awayyakhṭafu · 1 times
  • فَتَخْطَفُهُand (had) snatched himfatakhṭafuhu · 1 times
  • خَطِفَsnatcheskhaṭifa · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

Surah 37:10 — Read full ayah

Inclining [only] to Allāh, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allāh - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.

Surah 22:31 — Read full ayah

The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

Surah 2:20 — Read full ayah