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أُفِكَ

أفك in the Quran

Meaning: are they deluded

أفك occurs 16 times in 15 verses across 14 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
16
Verses
15
Surahs
14

أُفِكَ

Verb · 16 times

Meaning: are they deluded · Also translated as: are you deluded, they are deluded, they falsifying, deluded are they

Forms in the Quran

  • يُؤْفَكُونَ ×6
  • تُؤْفَكُونَ ×4
  • يَأْفِكُونَ ×2
  • يُؤْفَكُ ×2
  • لِتَأْفِكَنَا ×1
  • أُفِكَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الإفك: كل مصروف عن وجهه الذي يحق أن يكون عليه، ومنه قيل للرياح العادلة عن المهاب: مؤتفكة. قال تعالى: والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة [الحاقة/ 9] ، وقال تعالى:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الهمزة والفاء والكاف أصل واحد، يدل على قلب الشيء وصرفه عن جهته. يقال: أفك الشيء. وأفك الرجل: إذا كذب. والإفك الكذب. وأفكت الرجل عن الشيء: إذا صرفته عنه. قال الله تعالى: ﴿قالوا أجئتنا لتأفكنا عن آلهتنا﴾ [الأحقاف: 22]. وقال شاعر:

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root أ ف ك

Verses with أفك

Verses 1–15 of 15

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Christ the son of Mary Was no more than An Apostle; many were The apostles that passed away Before him. His mother Was a woman of truth. They had both to eat Their (daily) food. See how God doth make His Signs clear to them; Yet see in what ways They are deluded Away from the truth!

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:75
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who causeth The seed-grain And the date-stone To split and sprout. He causeth the living To issue from the dead, And He is the One To cause the dead To issue from the living. That is God: then how Are ye deluded Away from the truth?

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:95
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    We put it into Moses's mind By inspiration: "Throw (now) Thy rod": and behold! It swallows up straightway All the falsehoods Which they fake!

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:117
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Jews call ’Uzair a son Of God, and the Christians Call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate What the Unbelievers of old Used to say. God's curse Be on them: how they are deluded Away from the Truth!

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:30
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Of your 'partners', Can any originate creation And repeat it?" Say: "It is God Who originates Creation and repeats it: Then how are ye deluded Away (from the truth)?"

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:34
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then Moses threw his rod, When, behold, it straightway Swallows up all The falsehoods which they fake!

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:45
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    If indeed thou ask them Who has created the heavens And the earth and subjected The sun and the moon (To His Law), they will Certainly reply, "God". How are they then deluded Away (from the truth)?

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:61
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    On the Day that The Hour (of reckoning) Will be established, The transgressors will swear That they tarried not But an hour: thus were They used to being deluded!

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:55
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    O men! call to mind The grace of God unto you! Is there a Creator, other Than God, to give you Sustenance from heaven Or earth? There is No god but He: how Then are ye deluded Away from the Truth?

    Surah Fatir, verse 35:3
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such is God, your Lord, The Creator of all things. There is no god but He: Then how ye are deluded Away from the Truth!

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:62
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Thus are deluded those Who are wont to reject The Signs of God.

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:63
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    If thou ask them, Who Created them, they will Certainly say, God: how Then are they deluded Away (from the Truth)?

    Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 43:87
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    They said: "Hast thou come In order to turn us aside From our gods? Then bring Upon us the (calamity) With which thou dost Threaten us, if thou Art telling the truth!"

    Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:22
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Through which are deluded (away From the Truth) such As would be deluded.

    Surah Adh-Dhariyat, verse 51:9
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    When thou lookest At them, their exteriors Please thee; and when They speak, thou listenest To their words. They are As (worthless as hollow) Pieces of timber propped up, (Unable to stand on their own). They think that every Cry is against them. They are the enemies; So beware of them. The curse of God be On them! How are they Deluded (away from the Truth)!

    Surah Al-Munafiqun, verse 63:4