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ك ف ي

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33
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10

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root كفى. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

كَفَى He, or it, sufficed, or contented: hence كَفَانِى فُلَانٌ الأَمْرَ Such a one sufficed me, or contented me, in respect of the affair; i. e., by taking upon himself to perform it or accomplish it if good, or to prevent it or avert it if evil: and كَفَانِى شَهِيدًا He sufficed me as, or for, a witness; or he suffices me as, or for, such: and sometimes بِ is redundantly prefixed to its agent, and sometimes to its objective complement; as in exs. cited in art. ب . See Ham, p. 152. كَفَى [It sufficed, or satisfied, or contented,] it stood instead of another thing, or other things; (Msb;) [as also كَفَى عَنْ غَيْرِهِ .] ― -b2- كَفَى بِنَا for كَفَانَا &c. See W, pp. 5 and 6 ― -b3- كَفَى , aor. يَكْفِى , inf. n. كِفَايَةٌ , also signifies دَفَعَ and مَنَعَ followed by مِنْ . (Har, p. 43, q. v.) [You say, كَفَاهُ الشَّرَّ He repelled from him evil; and hence, he defended him therefrom; and he freed him therefrom: said of God, and of a man, &c.]

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اِكْتَفَى بِالشَّىْءِ He was, or became, sufficed by the thing, so as to need nothing more; or content with it. (Msb.)

كِفَايَةٌ A sufficiency; enough; a thing that suffices, or contents, and enables one to obtain what one seeks. (TA, art. بلغ .) ― -b2- قَامَ بِكِفَايَتِهِ He undertook his maintenance; he maintained him; syn. مَانَهُ . (S, K, art. مون .)

أَكْفَى [More, and most, satisfying]. (Mgh, in art. جزأ .)

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Occurrences · 32 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Women 4:6Quranic text

وَٱبْتَلُوا۟ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰحَتَّىٰٓإِذَابَلَغُوا۟ٱلنِّكَاحَفَإِنْءَانَسْتُممِّنْهُمْرُشْدًافَٱدْفَعُوٓا۟إِلَيْهِمْأَمْوَٰلَهُمْوَلَاتَأْكُلُوهَآإِسْرَافًاوَبِدَارًاأَنيَكْبَرُوا۟وَمَنكَانَغَنِيًّافَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْوَمَنكَانَفَقِيرًافَلْيَأْكُلْبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِفَإِذَادَفَعْتُمْإِلَيْهِمْأَمْوَٰلَهُمْفَأَشْهِدُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِحَسِيبًا

Reference 4:6
The Women 4:171Quranic text

يَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلَاتَغْلُوا۟فِىدِينِكُمْوَلَاتَقُولُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِإِلَّاٱلْحَقَّإِنَّمَاٱلْمَسِيحُعِيسَىٱبْنُمَرْيَمَرَسُولُٱللَّهِوَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓأَلْقَىٰهَآإِلَىٰمَرْيَمَوَرُوحٌمِّنْهُفَـَٔامِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرُسُلِهِۦوَلَاتَقُولُوا۟ثَلَٰثَةٌٱنتَهُوا۟خَيْرًالَّكُمْإِنَّمَاٱللَّهُإِلَٰهٌوَٰحِدٌسُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓأَنيَكُونَلَهُۥوَلَدٌلَّهُۥمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِوَكِيلًا

Reference 4:171

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