ض ي ف ḍ-y-f
ضَيَّفَ
ḍayyafa
to host a guest; guests.
Definition
- 1يُضَيِّفُوهُمَاyuḍayyifūhumāto host guests6
Total uses in the Qur’an: 6
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًۭا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًۭا
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
18:77draft glosses: 24 of 24
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
And inform them about the guests of Abraham,
15:51draft glosses: 4 of 4
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed