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The root xfD (خ ف ض) occurs 4 times in Quran, in 2 derived forms:
  • 1 times as active noun KafDẗ
  • 3 times as verb aKfD

KafDẗ

1

56:3

abasing [some], exalting [others]!

KafDẗ rafAẗ

خافضة رافعة

aKfD

2

15:88

[so] turn, not thine eyes [longingly] towards the worldly benefits which We have granted unto some* of those [that deny the truth]. And neither grieve over those [who refuse to heed thee], but spread the wings of thy tenderness over the believers,*

la tmdn Aynyk alya ma mtAna bh azwaja mnhm wla tHzn Alyhm waKfD jnaHk llmamnyn

لا تمدن عينيك الى ما متعنا به ازوجا منهم ولا تحزن عليهم واخفض جناحك للمؤمنين

3

17:24

and spread over them humbly the wings of thy tenderness,* and say: "O my Sustainer! Bestow Thy grace upon them, even as they cherished and reared me when I was a child!"

waKfD lhma jnaH alźl mn alrHmẗ wql rb arHmhma kma rbyany Sğyra

واخفض لهما جناح الذل من الرحمة وقل رب ارحمهما كما ربيانى صغيرا

4

26:215

and spread the wings of thy tenderness over all of the believers who may follow thee;*

waKfD jnaHk lmn atbAk mn almamnyn

واخفض جناحك لمن اتبعك من المؤمنين