| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 66 (2:66:7) | خَلْفَهَا | خلفها | ḣalfehâ | after them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to those who fear Allah. | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 80 (2:80:14) | يُخْلِفَ | يخلف | yuḣlifa | will break | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And they say: "The Fire(85) shall not touch us but for a few numbered days:" Say: "Have ye taken a promise from Allah, for He never breaks His promise? or is it that ye say of Allah what ye do not know?"* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 255 (2:255:32) | خَلْفَهُمْۚ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (is) behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Selfsubsisting, Eternal(296). No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them(297). Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend(298) over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them(299) for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).* | |||||
| 4 | Ali 'Imran Verse 9 (3:9:12) | يُخْلِفُ | يخلف | yuḣlifu | break | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind Together against a day about which there is no doubt; for Allah never fails in His promise(349)."* | |||||
| 5 | Ali 'Imran Verse 170 (3:170:13) | خَلْفِهِمْۙ | خلفهم | ḣalfihim | (but are) left behind | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah. And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.(478)* | |||||
| 6 | Ali 'Imran Verse 194 (3:194:13) | تُخْلِفُ | تخلف | tuḣlifu | break | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine messengers, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never breakest Thy promise." | |||||
| 7 | An-Nisa Verse 9 (4:9:6) | خَلْفِهِمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfihim | behind | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in their minds as they would have for their own if they had left a helpless family behind: Let them fear Allah, and speak words of appropriate (comfort).(515)* | |||||
| 8 | Al-An'am Verse 133 (6:133:8) | وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ | ويستخلف | ve yestaḣlif | and grant succession | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Thy Lord is self-sufficient,(955) full of Mercy: if it were His will, He could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as your successors, even as He raised you up from the posterity of other people.* | |||||
| 9 | Al-A'raf Verse 17 (7:17:7) | خَلْفِهِمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfihim | behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."(1002)* | |||||
| 10 | Al-A'raf Verse 69 (7:69:14) | خُلَفَٓاءَ | خلفاء | ḣulefâe | successors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah. that so ye may prosper." | |||||
| 11 | Al-A'raf Verse 74 (7:74:4) | خُلَفَٓاءَ | خلفاء | ḣulefâe | successors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And remember how He made you inheritors after the ´Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth." | |||||
| 12 | Al-A'raf Verse 129 (7:129:17) | وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ | ويستخلفكم | ve yestaḣlifekum | and make you successors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after thou camest(1086) to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors(1087) in the earth; that so He may try you by your deeds."* | |||||
| 13 | Al-A'raf Verse 142 (7:142:16) | اخْلُفْن۪ي | اخلفني | ḣlufnî | Take my place | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord,(1100) forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow not the way of those who do mischief."(1101)* | |||||
| 14 | Al-A'raf Verse 150 (7:150:0) | خَلَفْتُمُون۪ي | خلفتموني | ḣaleftumûnî | you have done in my place | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did ye(1115) make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the Tablets,(1116) seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him(1117) to him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin."(1118)* | |||||
| 15 | Al-A'raf Verse 169 (7:169:0) | فَخَلَفَ | فخلف | fe-ḣalefe | Then succeeded | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves)(1142) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant(1143) of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?* | |||||
| 16 | Al-A'raf Verse 169 (7:169:0) | خَلْفٌ | خلف | ḣalfun | successors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves)(1142) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant(1143) of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Anfal Verse 57 (8:57:0) | خَلْفَهُمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (are) behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those who follow them, that they may remember.(1224-A)* | |||||
| 18 | At-Tawbah Verse 77 (9:77:0) | اَخْلَفُوا | اخلفوا | aḣlefû | they broke | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So He hath put as a consequence(1332) hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again).* | |||||
| 19 | At-Tawbah Verse 81 (9:81:0) | الْمُخَلَّفُونَ | المخلفون | l-muḣallefûne | those who remained behind | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their inaction behind the back of the Messenger of Allah. they hated to strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah. they said, "Go not forth in the heat.(1335)" Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat." If only they could understand!* | |||||
| 20 | At-Tawbah Verse 118 (9:118:0) | خُلِّفُواۜ | خلفوا | ḣullifû | were left behind | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty)(1370) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.* | |||||
| 21 | At-Tawbah Verse 120 (9:120:0) | يَتَخَلَّفُوا | يتخلفوا | yeteḣallefû | they remain behind | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah.s Messenger, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury(1371) whatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-* | |||||
| 22 | Yunus Verse 92 (10:92:0) | خَلْفَكَ | خلفك | ḣalfeke | succeed you | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a sign to those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!" | |||||
| 23 | Hud Verse 57 (11:57:9) | وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ | ويستخلف | ve yestaḣlifu | And my Lord will give succession | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "If ye turn away,- I (at least) have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people to succeed you, and you will not harm Him(1553) in the least. For my Lord hath care and watch over all things."* | |||||
| 24 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 11 (13:11:7) | خَلْفِه۪ | خلفه | ḣalfihi | and behind him | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | For each (such person)(1816) there are (angels) in succession, before and behind him: They guard him by command of Allah. Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves.(1817) But when (once) Allah willeth a people´s punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find, besides Him, any to protect.* | |||||
| 25 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 31 (13:31:50) | يُخْلِفُ | يخلف | yuḣlifu | fail | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If there were a Qur´an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the one!) But, truly, the command is with Allah in all things!(1847) Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise.(1848)* | |||||
| 26 | Ibrahim Verse 22 (14:22:12) | فَاَخْلَفْتُكُمْۜ | فاخلفتكم | fe-aḣleftukum | but I betrayed you | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And Satan will say when the matter is decided:(1897) "It was Allah Who gave you a promise of Truth: I too promised, but I failed in my promise to you. I had no authority over you except to call you but ye listened to me: then reproach not me, but reproach your own souls. I cannot listen to your cries, nor can ye listen to mine. I reject(1898) your former act in associating me with Allah. For wrong-doers there must be a grievous penalty."* | |||||
| 27 | Ibrahim Verse 47 (14:47:4) | مُخْلِفَ | مخلف | muḣlife | will fail | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Never think that Allah would fail his messengers in His promise: for Allah is Exalted in power, - the Lord of Retribution. | |||||
| 28 | Maryam Verse 59 (19:59:1) | فَخَلَفَ | فخلف | fe-ḣalefe | Then succeeded | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-(2511)* | |||||
| 29 | Maryam Verse 59 (19:59:4) | خَلْفٌ | خلف | ḣalfun | successors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-(2511)* | |||||
| 30 | Maryam Verse 64 (19:64:11) | خَلْفَنَا | خلفنا | ḣalfenâ | (is) behind us | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (The angels say:)(2514) "We descend not but by command of thy Lord: to Him belongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between: and thy Lord never doth forget,-* | |||||
| 31 | Ta-Ha Verse 58 (20:58:9) | نُخْلِفُهُ | نخلفه | nuḣlifuhu | we will fail it | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."(2582)* | |||||
| 32 | Ta-Ha Verse 86 (20:86:26) | فَاَخْلَفْتُمْ | فاخلفتم | fe-aḣleftum | so you broke | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome(2606) promise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so ye broke your promise to me?"* | |||||
| 33 | Ta-Ha Verse 87 (20:87:3) | اَخْلَفْنَا | اخلفنا | aḣlefnâ | we broke | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments(2607) of the (whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested.(2608)* | |||||
| 34 | Ta-Ha Verse 97 (20:97:15) | تُخْلَفَهُۚ | تخلفه | tuḣlefeh(u) | you will fail to (keep) it | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt say,(2622) ´touch me not´; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail:(2623) Now look at thy god, of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"(2624)* | |||||
| 35 | Ta-Ha Verse 110 (20:110:6) | خَلْفَهُمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (is) behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them:(2635) but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.* | |||||
| 36 | Al-Anbiya Verse 28 (21:28:6) | خَلْفَهُمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (is) behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable,(2688) and they(2689) stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).* | |||||
| 37 | Al-Hajj Verse 47 (22:47:4) | يُخْلِفَ | يخلف | yuḣlifa | Allah fail | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not fail(2826) in His Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning.* | |||||
| 38 | Al-Hajj Verse 76 (22:76:6) | خَلْفَهُمْۜ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (is) after them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He knows what is before them and what is behind them: and to Allah go back all questions (for decision).(2859)* | |||||
| 39 | An-Nur Verse 55 (24:55:8) | لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ | ليستخلفنهم | le-yestaḣlifennehum | surely He will grant them succession | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He(3031) will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear(3032) in which they (lived), to one of security and peace: ´They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me. ´If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.* | |||||
| 40 | An-Nur Verse 55 (24:55:12) | اسْتَخْلَفَ | استخلف | -staḣlefe | He gave succession | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He(3031) will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear(3032) in which they (lived), to one of security and peace: ´They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me. ´If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked.* | |||||
| 41 | Al-Furqan Verse 62 (25:62:6) | خِلْفَةً | خلفة | ḣilfeten | (in) succession | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will(3122) to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude.* | |||||
| 42 | An-Naml Verse 62 (27:62:9) | خُلَفَٓاءَ | خلفاء | ḣulefâe | inheritors | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and Who relieves(3297) its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth?(3298) (Can there be another) god besides Allah. Little it is that ye heed!* | |||||
| 43 | Ar-Rum Verse 6 (30:6:4) | يُخْلِفُ | يخلف | yuḣlifu | fail | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (It is) the promise of Allah.(3510) Never does Allah depart from His promise: but most men understand not.* | |||||
| 44 | Saba Verse 9 (34:9:8) | خَلْفَهُمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (is) behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the earth?(3796) If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow(3797) them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them.(3798) Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).* | |||||
| 45 | Saba Verse 39 (34:39:17) | يُخْلِفُهُۚ | يخلفه | yuḣlifuh(u) | will compensate it | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance(3848) to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is(3849) the Best of those who grant Sustenance.* | |||||
| 46 | Ya-Sin Verse 9 (36:9:7) | خَلْفِهِمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfihim | and behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We have put a bar in front of them(3949) and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.* | |||||
| 47 | Ya-Sin Verse 45 (36:45:9) | خَلْفَكُمْ | خلفكم | ḣalfekum | (is) behind you | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When they are told, "Fear ye that which is(3992) before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn back).* | |||||
| 48 | Az-Zumar Verse 20 (39:20:18) | يُخْلِفُ | يخلف | yuḣlifu | Allah fails | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But it is for those who fear their Lord. That lofty mansions,(4271) one above another, have been built: beneath them flow rivers (of delight): (such is) the Promise of Allah. never doth Allah fail in (His) promise.(4272)* | |||||
| 49 | Fussilat Verse 14 (41:14:8) | خَلْفِهِمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfihim | behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold, the messengers came to them, from before them(4480) and behind them, (preaching): "Serve none but Allah." They said, "If our Lord had so pleased, He would certainly have sent down angels(4481) (to preach). Now we reject your mission (altogether)."* | |||||
| 50 | Fussilat Verse 25 (41:25:10) | خَلْفَهُمْ | خلفهم | ḣalfehum | (was) behind them | خ ل ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We have destined for them intimate companions(4492) (of like nature), who made alluring to them what was before them and behind them;(4493) and the sentence among the previous generations of Jinns(4494) and men, who have passed away, is proved against them; for they are utterly lost.(4495) T h e N o b l e Q u r ’ a n* | |||||