كَيْفَ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – كَيْفَ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative, genitive or fixed
كَيْفَ is an interrogative particle employed to enquire quality of a thing or its condition or to question about the manner in which an action has taken or may take place
It is also used as an exclamatory particle implying negative sense
| حَرْفُ الإِسْتِفْهَامِ | مَبْنِيٌّ | كَيْفَ | How ? | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الْإِسْتِفْهَامِ |
| Interrogative particle | Fixed | Root | Like? | Noun | Interrogative noun |
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| Surah/ | Below are the 80 verses in the holy Quran consisting of the interrogative particle | كَيْفَ |
| Verse | ||
| How can you disbelieve in Allah (SWT)? seeing that you were dead, and He brought you to life | كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُوْنَ بِاللهِ وَكُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ | |
| 2-28 | then He will cause you to die, then again, He will bring you to life, then unto Him you will return | ثُمَّ يُمِيْتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيْكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ |
| or like the one who passed by a township, and it overturned on its roofs | أَوْ كَالَّذِي مَرَّ عَلَى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوْشِهَا | |
| he said, “how will Allah (SWT) give life to this after its death?” so, Allah (SWT) caused him to die for a hundred years | قَالَ أَنَّى يُحْيِى هَذِهِ اللهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا فَأَمَاتَهُ اللهُ مِاْئَةَ عَامٍ | |
| then He raised him, He said, “How long you remained?” he said, ” I remained (dead) for a day or part of a day” | ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ | |
| he said, “Nay! you remained for a hundred years then look at your food and your drink, not a change through time | قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِاْئَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ | |
| and look at your donkey and let Us (We) make you a sign for the people | وَانْظُرْ إِلَى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ ءَايَةً لِلنَّاسِ | |
| and look to the bones how We raise them then We clothe them with flesh” | وَانْظُرْ إِلَى العِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوْهَا لَحْمًا | |
| 2-259 | then it became clear to him, and he said, “I know that Allah (SWT) is All-Powerful over everything” | فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ قَالَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ |
| and when Ebrahim (AS) said, “My Lord! show me how you give life to the dead” | وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيْمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ المَوْتَى | |
| He said, “Did not you believe?” he said, “Yes (off course) but to satisfy my heart” | قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تَؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَاكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِى | |
| He said, “then take four of the birds and incline them towards you | قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ | |
| then make on each hill a portion of them | ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا | |
| 2-260 | then call them, they will come to you in haste and know that Allah (SWT) is All-Mighty, All-Wise | ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِيْنَكَ سَعْيًا وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللهَ عَزِيْزٌ حَكِيْمٌ |
| He is who fashions you in the wombs how He wishes | هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ | |
| 3-6 | there is no God except He, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise | لَآ إِلَاهَ إِلَّا هُوَ العَزِيْزُ الحَكِيْمُ |
| then how when We will gather them on a day wherein there is no doubt | فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَاهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ | |
| 3-25 | and every soul will be paid in full for what it earned, and they will not be wronged | وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُوْنَ |
| How can Allah (SWT) guide a people who disbelieved after their belief? | كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيْمَانِهِمْ | |
| and they witnessed that the messenger is true and clear proofs came to them? | وَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ الرَّسُوْلَ حَقٌّ وَجَآءَهُمُ البَيِّنَاتُ | |
| 3-86 | and Allah (SWT) does not guide the wrongdoing people | وَاللهُ لَا يَهْدِي القَوْمَ الظَّالِمِيْنَ |
| and how you disbelieve while you, upon you is recited the verses of Allah (SWT) and among you is, His messenger | وَكَيْفَ تَكْفُرُوْنَ وَأَنْتُمْ تُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَاتُ اللهِ وَفِيْكُمْ رَسُوْلُهُ | |
| 3-101 | and whoever holds firmly to Allah (SWT) then indeed, he is guided to a straight path | وَمَنْ يَعْتَصِمْ بِاللهِ فَقَدْ هُدِيَ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ |
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| 74-19 | so may he be killed (destroyed) seeing as how he plotted | فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ |
| 74-20 | then again, may he be killed (destroyed) seeing as how he plotted | ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ |
| 88-17 | Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? | أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُوْنَ إِلَى الإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ |
| 88-18 | and at the heaven, how it is raised? | وَإِلَى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ |
| 88-19 | and at the mountains, how they are rooted? | وَإِلَى الجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ |
| 88-20 | and the earth, how it is spread? | وَإِلَى الأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ |
| 89-6 | Did you not see how your lord dealt with (the people of) Ad | أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ |
| 105-1 | Did you not see how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? | أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيْلِ |