Quranic root
لحف
l · ḥ · f
The root centers on enveloping or covering and on close adherence or persistence.
The concrete sense is a covering or blanket; this develops toward remaining closely attached or pressing persistently, yielding the Quranic sense of importunate asking.
- Maqāyīs · row 4125
- Mufradāt · row 1293
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
إِلْحَاف
ʾilḥāf
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Importunate persistence in asking; pressing a request insistently.
In the Quranic construction of asking people with إِلْحَاف, it denotes persistent, importunate solicitation.
- Mufradāt · row 1293
Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:273word 22
“with importunity”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:273إِلْحَافًۭا ۗwith importunity
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 1 Classical meanings
لِحَافٌ / مِلْحَفَةٌ
A covering cloth or blanket; a night-wrapper or outer covering garment.
Used for a night-wrapper or covering garment, with classical usage recording variation over whether the cloth is lined or unlined.
- Lane · entry 20561