The root خ ل ف — behind, succeed
127 times in the Quran, 116 ayat.
Words from this root
| اخْتَلَفَ | to differ | verb | 35 |
| خَلْف | behind | noun | 22 |
| أَخْلَفُ | to fail | verb | 14 |
| مُخْتَلِف | differing | active participle | 10 |
| خَلِيفَة | successor | noun | 9 |
| اخْتِلاف | difference | verbal noun | 7 |
| خِلاف | opposite | noun | 6 |
| اسْتَخْلَفَ | to grant succession | verb | 5 |
| خَلَفَ | to succeed | verb | 5 |
| مُخَلَّف | left behind | passive participle | 4 |
| خَوالِف | those who stay behind | noun | 2 |
| يُخالِفُ | to oppose | verb | 2 |
| خالِف | those who stay behind | active participle | 1 |
| خُلِّفُ | were left behind | verb | 1 |
| يَتَخَلَّفُ | to remain behind | verb | 1 |
| مُخْلِف | will fail | active participle | 1 |
| خِلْفَة | succession | noun | 1 |
| مُسْتَخْلَف | trustee | passive participle | 1 |
Grammar: Quranic Arabic Corpus 0.4 (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds, corpus.quran.com). Meanings summarised by AI from the word-by-word translation.
Arabic: Uthmani text, Tanzil Project (tanzil.net) · English: Saheeh International · Bosnian: Besim Korkut