| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An-Nisa Verse 41 (4:41:1) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | So how (will it be) | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought thee as a witness against these people!(560)* | |||||
| 2 | Saba Verse 45 (34:45:12) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | so how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted(3856) to those: yet when they rejected My messengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Qamar Verse 18 (54:18:3) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | so how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The ´Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning? | |||||
| 4 | Al-Qamar Verse 30 (54:30:1) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | So how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning! | |||||
| 5 | Al-Mulk Verse 18 (67:18:6) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | and how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?(5575)* | |||||
| 6 | Al-A'raf Verse 93 (7:93:12) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | So how could | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So Shu´aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!"(1064)* | |||||
| 7 | Ali 'Imran Verse 6 (3:6:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how(ever) | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases(346). There is no god but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Baqarah Verse 28 (2:28:1) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | How | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How can ye reject(46) the faith in Allah.- seeing that ye were without life, and He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and will again bring you to life; and again to Him will ye return.* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Baqarah Verse 259 (2:259:52) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins(304) to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh(305)." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things."* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Baqarah Verse 260 (2:260:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! Abraham said: "My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead(306)." He said: "Dost thou not then believe?" He said: "Yea! but to satisfy My own understanding(307)." He said: "Take four birds; Tame them to turn to thee; put a portion(308) of them on every hill and call to them: They will come to thee (Flying) with speed. Then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise."* | |||||
| 11 | Ali 'Imran Verse 86 (3:86:1) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | How | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How shall Allah Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and bore witness that the Messenger was true and that Clear Signs had come unto them? but Allah guides not a people unjust. | |||||
| 12 | Ali 'Imran Verse 137 (3:137:10) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Many were the Ways of Life(456) that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.* | |||||
| 13 | An-Nisa Verse 50 (4:50:2) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! how they invent a lie against Allah. but that by itself is a manifest sin! | |||||
| 14 | An-Nisa Verse 62 (4:62:1) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | So how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the deeds which they hands have sent forth? Then their come to thee, swearing by Allah. "We meant no more than good-will and conciliation!" | |||||
| 15 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 31 (5:31:8) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then Allah sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him how to hide the shame of his brother.(735) "Woe is me!" said he; "Was I not even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?" then he became full of regrets-(736)* | |||||
| 16 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 64 (5:64:15) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Jews say: "(Allah)´s hand(772) is tied up." Be their hands tied up and be they accursed for the (blasphemy) they utter. Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched: He giveth and spendeth (of His bounty) as He pleaseth. But the revelation that cometh to thee from Allah increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion(773) and blasphemy. Amongst them we have placed enmity(774) and hatred till the Day of Judgment. Every time they kindle the fire of war, Allah doth extinguish it; but they (ever) strive to do mischief(775) on earth. And Allah loveth not those who do mischief.* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 75 (5:75:18) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth.(783) They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them;(784) yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!* | |||||
| 18 | Al-An'am Verse 11 (6:11:7) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth." | |||||
| 19 | Al-An'am Verse 24 (6:24:2) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them(852) in the lurch.* | |||||
| 20 | Al-An'am Verse 46 (6:46:18) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Think ye, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight, and sealed up(864) your hearts, who - a god other than Allah - could restore them to you?" See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); yet they turn aside.* | |||||
| 21 | Al-An'am Verse 65 (6:65:23) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "He hath power to send calamities(888) on you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance - each from the other." See how We explain the signs by various (symbols);(889) that they may understand.* | |||||
| 22 | Al-A'raf Verse 84 (7:84:5) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone):(1052) Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!* | |||||
| 23 | Al-A'raf Verse 86 (7:86:21) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind´s eye what was the end of those who did mischief.(1055)* | |||||
| 24 | Al-A'raf Verse 103 (7:103:13) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of those who made mischief. | |||||
| 25 | Al-A'raf Verse 129 (7:129:21) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي 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."* | |||||
| 26 | At-Tawbah Verse 7 (9:7:0) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | How | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How can there be a league, before Allah and His Messenger, with the Pagans, except those(1255) with whom ye made a treaty near the sacred Mosque? As long as these stand true to you, stand ye true to them: for Allah doth love the righteous.* | |||||
| 27 | Yunus Verse 35 (10:35:0) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Of your ´partners´ is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter with you? How judge ye?" | |||||
| 28 | Yunus Verse 39 (10:39:0) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof(1431) hath reached them: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong!(1432)* | |||||
| 29 | Yunus Verse 73 (10:73:0) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our Signs.(1459) Then see what was the end of those who were warned (but heeded not)!* | |||||
| 30 | Yusuf Verse 109 (12:109:17) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nor did We send before thee (as messengers) any but men,(1793) whom we did inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But the home of the Hereafter(1794) is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then understand?* | |||||
| 31 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 32 (13:32:11) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | and how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Mocked were (many) Messengers(1849) before thee: but I granted respite to the unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was my requital!(1850)* | |||||
| 32 | Ibrahim Verse 24 (14:24:3) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Seest thou not how Allah sets forth a parable? - A goodly word(1900) like a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the heavens,- of its Lord. So Allah sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition.* | |||||
| 33 | Ibrahim Verse 45 (14:45:9) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And ye dwelt in the dwellings of men who wronged their own souls; ye were clearly shown how We dealt with them; and We put forth (many) parables in your behoof!" | |||||
| 34 | An-Nahl Verse 36 (16:36:25) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | For We assuredly sent amongst every People a messengers,(2060) (with the Command), "Serve Allah, and eschew Evil": of the People were some whom Allah guided, and some on whom error became(2061) inevitably (established). So travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who denied (the Truth).* | |||||
| 35 | Al-Isra Verse 21 (17:21:2) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.(2201)* | |||||
| 36 | Al-Isra Verse 48 (17:48:2) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.(2233)* | |||||
| 37 | Maryam Verse 29 (19:29:4) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | How | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But she pointed to the babe.(2482) They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"* | |||||
| 38 | Al-Hajj Verse 44 (22:44:9) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | and how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And the Companions(2821) of the Madyan People; and Moses was rejected (in the same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and (only) after that did I punish them: but how (terrible) was my rejection (of them)!(2822)* | |||||
| 39 | Al-Furqan Verse 9 (25:9:2) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!(3063)* | |||||
| 40 | An-Naml Verse 14 (27:14:8) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And they rejected those Signs in iniquity and arrogance, though their souls were convinced thereof: so see what was the end of those who acted corruptly! | |||||
| 41 | An-Naml Verse 51 (27:51:2) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then see what was the end of their plot!- this, that We destroyed them and their people, all (of them). | |||||
| 42 | An-Naml Verse 69 (27:69:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of those guilty (of sin)."(3305)* | |||||
| 43 | Al-Qasas Verse 40 (28:40:7) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So We seized him and his hosts, and We flung them into the sea:(3373) Now behold what was the end of those who did wrong!* | |||||
| 44 | Al-'Ankabut Verse 19 (29:19:3) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See they not how Allah originates creation, then(3440) repeats it: truly that is easy for Allah.* | |||||
| 45 | Al-'Ankabut Verse 20 (29:20:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Travel through the earth(3441) and see how Allah did originate creation; so will Allah produce a later creation: for Allah has power over all things.* | |||||
| 46 | Ar-Rum Verse 9 (30:9:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs).(3515) (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls.* | |||||
| 47 | Ar-Rum Verse 42 (30:42:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before (you): Most of them worshipped(3558) others besides Allah."* | |||||
| 48 | Ar-Rum Verse 48 (30:48:10) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and they raise(3566) the Clouds: then does He spread them in the sky as He wills, and break them into fragments, until thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst thereof: then when He has made them reach such(3567) of his servants as He wills behold, they do rejoice!-* | |||||
| 49 | Ar-Rum Verse 50 (30:50:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of Allah.s Mercy!- how He gives life(3568) to the earth after its death: verily the same will give life to the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.* | |||||
| 50 | Fatir Verse 44 (35:44:6) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they not travel through the earth, and see(3939) what was the End of those before them,- though they were superior to them in strength? Nor is Allah to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or on earth: for He is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.* | |||||