| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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.* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 70 (2:70:7) | مَا | ما | mâ | what | مَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what she is: To us are all heifers alike: We wish indeed for guidance, if Allah wills." | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 247 (2:247:12) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | How | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Their Prophet said to them: "(Allah) hath appointed Talut(280) as king over you." They said: "How can he exercise authority over us when we are better fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted, with wealth in abundance?" He said: "(Allah) hath Chosen him above you, and hath gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah Granteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things."* | |||||
| 4 | Al-Baqarah Verse 259 (2:259:11) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | How | أ ن ي |
| 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."* | |||||
| 5 | 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."* | |||||
| 6 | 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."* | |||||
| 7 | Ali 'Imran Verse 25 (3:25:1) | فَكَيْفَ | فكيف | fe-keyfe | Then how (will it be) | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day about which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned, without (favour or) injustice? | |||||
| 8 | Ali 'Imran Verse 40 (3:40:3) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | how | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and my wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "Doth God accomplish what He willeth." | |||||
| 9 | Ali 'Imran Verse 47 (3:47:3) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | how | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | She said: "O my Lord(389)! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, ´Be,´ and it is!* | |||||
| 10 | 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. | |||||
| 11 | Ali 'Imran Verse 101 (3:101:1) | وَكَيْفَ | وكيف | ve keyfe | And how (could) | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And how would ye deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of Allah, and among you Lives the Messenger. Whoever holds firmly to Allah will be shown a way that is straight. | |||||
| 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 21 (4:21:1) | وَكَيْفَ | وكيف | ve keyfe | And how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant? | |||||
| 14 | 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! | |||||
| 15 | 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!" | |||||
| 16 | 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)* | |||||
| 17 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 43 (5:43:1) | وَكَيْفَ | وكيف | ve keyfe | But how can | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But why do they come(749) to thee for decision, when they have (their own) law before them?- Therein is the (plain) command of Allah; yet even after that, they would turn away. For they are not (really) people of Faith.* | |||||
| 18 | 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.* | |||||
| 19 | 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!* | |||||
| 20 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 75 (5:75:24) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | how | أ ن ي |
| 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!* | |||||
| 21 | 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." | |||||
| 22 | 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.* | |||||
| 23 | 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.* | |||||
| 24 | 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.* | |||||
| 25 | Al-An'am Verse 81 (6:81:1) | وَكَيْفَ | وكيف | ve keyfe | And how | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with Allah, when ye fear not to give partners to Allah without any warrant having been given to you? Which of (us) two parties hath more right to security? (tell me) if ye know. | |||||
| 26 | Al-An'am Verse 95 (6:95:16) | فَاَنّٰى | فانى | fe-ennâ | so how | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is Allah Who causeth(918) the seed-grain and the date-stone to split and sprout.(919) He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the one to cause the dead to issue from the living.(920) That is Allah. then how are ye deluded away from the truth?* | |||||
| 27 | Al-An'am Verse 101 (6:101:4) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | How | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth:(930) How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.* | |||||
| 28 | 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!* | |||||
| 29 | 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)* | |||||
| 30 | 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)* | |||||
| 31 | 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. | |||||
| 32 | 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."* | |||||
| 33 | Al-A'raf Verse 169 (7:169:0) | سَيُغْفَرُ | سيغفر | se-yuġferu | It will be forgiven | غ ف ر |
| 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?* | |||||
| 34 | 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.* | |||||
| 35 | At-Tawbah Verse 8 (9:8:0) | كَيْفَ | كيف | keyfe | How | ك ي ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | How (can there be such a league),(1256) seeing that if they get an advantage over you, they respect not in you the ties either of kinship(1257) or of covenant? With (fair words from) their mouths they entice you, but their hearts are averse from you; and most of them are rebellious and wicked.* | |||||
| 36 | At-Tawbah Verse 30 (9:30:0) | اَنّٰى | انى | ennâ | How | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The Jews call ´Uzair a son(1283) of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate(1284) what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah.s curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!(1285)* | |||||
| 37 | At-Tawbah Verse 36 (9:36:0) | كَمَا | كما | kemâ | as | كَمَا |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The number of months(1295) in the sight of Allah is twelve (in a year)- so ordained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are sacred: that is the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves(1296) therein, and fight the Pagans all together as they fight you all together. But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.* | |||||
| 38 | Yunus Verse 32 (10:32:0) | فَاَنّٰى | فانى | fe-ennâ | So how | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Such is Allah, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth, what (remains) but error?(1426) How then are ye turned away?* | |||||
| 39 | Yunus Verse 34 (10:34:0) | فَاَنّٰى | فانى | fe-ennâ | So how | أ ن ي |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "Of your ´partners´,(1428) can any originate creation and repeat it?" Say: "It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are ye deluded away (from the truth)?"* | |||||
| 40 | 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?" | |||||
| 41 | 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)* | |||||
| 42 | 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)!* | |||||
| 43 | 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?* | |||||
| 44 | 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)* | |||||
| 45 | 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.* | |||||
| 46 | 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!" | |||||
| 47 | 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).* | |||||
| 48 | 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)* | |||||
| 49 | Al-Isra Verse 24 (17:24:11) | رَبَّيَان۪ي | ربياني | rabbeyânî | they brought me up | ر ب و |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing(2205) of humility, and say: "My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood."(2206)* | |||||
| 50 | 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)* | |||||