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اخْتَلَفَ

ikh'talafa

differ[ed]

মতভেদ করে

Root letters: خ ل فAppears 35 times in the Qur'an#326 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form VIII
Learn it in lesson 33

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form VIIIRoot letters: خ ل ف

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)ٱخْتَلَفَ19 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يَخْتَلِفُونَ16 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • يَخْتَلِفُونَdifferingyakhtalifūna · 9 times
  • ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟who differedikh'talafū · 8 times
  • تَخْتَلِفُونَdifferingtakhtalifūna · 6 times
  • ٱخْتَلَفَdiffer[ed]ikh'talafa · 2 times
  • فَٱخْتُلِفَbut differences arosefa-ukh'tulifa · 2 times
  • فَٱخْتَلَفَBut differedfa-ikh'talafa · 2 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

Allāh will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which you used to differ."

Surah 22:69 — Read full ayah

[It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.

Surah 16:39 — Read full ayah

Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

Surah 19:37 — Read full ayah