Root

خ-ل-ف

khlf·kh-l-f

127 occurrences116 verses18 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
اخْتَلَفَākhtalafa35
خَلْفkhalf22
أَخْلَفُakhlafu14
مُخْتَلِفmukhtalif10
خَلِيفَةkhalīfah9
اخْتِلافākhtilāf7
خِلافkhilāf6
اسْتَخْلَفَāstakhlafa5
خَلَفَkhalafa5
مُخَلَّفmukhallaf4
خَوالِفkhawālif2
يُخالِفُyukhālifu2
خالِفkhālif1
خُلِّفُkhullifu1
يَتَخَلَّفُyatakhallafu1
مُخْلِفmukhlif1
خِلْفَةkhilfah1
مُسْتَخْلَفmustakhlaf1

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on خ-ل-ف

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form Iفَعَلَ6×

    the base sense, unmarked · interpretive

    • خَلَفَkhalafa5
    • خالِفkhālif1
  2. Form IIفَعَّلَ5×

    often intensive or causative · interpretive

    • مُخَلَّفmukhallaf4
    • خُلِّفُkhullifu1
  3. Form IIIفَاعَلَ2×

    often directed at someone — reciprocal · interpretive

    • يُخالِفُyukhālifu2
  4. Form IVأَفْعَلَ15×

    often causative — to make it happen · interpretive

    • أَخْلَفُakhlafu14
    • مُخْلِفmukhlif1
  5. Form Vتَفَعَّلَ1×

    often reflexive of Form II · interpretive

    • يَتَخَلَّفُyatakhallafu1
  6. Form VIIIاِفْتَعَلَ52×

    often reflexive — done to or for oneself · interpretive

    • اخْتَلَفَākhtalafa35
    • مُخْتَلِفmukhtalif10
    • اخْتِلافākhtilāf7
  7. Form Xاِسْتَفْعَلَ6×

    often seeking or deeming · interpretive

    • اسْتَخْلَفَāstakhlafa5
    • مُسْتَخْلَفmustakhlaf1

Covers 87 of this root’s 127 occurrences — the rest are nouns, participles and particles the morphology assigns no verb form.

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with خ-ل-ف more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where خ-ل-ف falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times خ-ل-ف occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 101 of 604 pages (17%)

Densest in juzʾ 11 (12 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 34 pages — pages 539572, juzʾ 2729.

Occurrences · 127 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root خ-ل-ف appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root خ-ل-ف (khlf) occurs 127 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 116 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does خ-ل-ف occur?

116 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from خ-ل-ف (khlf), out of 127 total occurrences.

What words come from the root خ-ل-ف?

خ-ل-ف (khlf) yields 18 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently اخْتَلَفَ (ākhtalafa, 35×), خَلْف (khalf, 22×), أَخْلَفُ (akhlafu, 14×), مُخْتَلِف (mukhtalif, 10×), and خَلِيفَة (khalīfah, 9×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.