ع-ر-ف (ʿ-r-f)
knowledge; know; knower
716 occurrences · 306 English renderings
Word Forms
→ “knowledge”, “understanding”, “divine knowledge”, “recognition”, “comprehension”, “recognize”, “recognizing”, “grasp”, “firm believer in”, “appreciate”, “apprehend the meaning”, “capacity”, “conceive”, “conception”, “know and recognize”, “know god”, “know his”, “knowledge of”, “mind, however acute”, “true knowledge”, “recognized”, “seeking to know”, “mystery”, “apprehend”, “fathom”, “true understanding”, “wisdom”
→ “knowledge”, “understanding”, “comprehension”, “recognition”, “true knowledge of”, “certainty”, “grasp the nature”, “ignorance”, “know”, “knowledge of god”, “know god”, “recognize”, “understanding and recognition”
→ “fragrance”, “recognized”, “hath known”, “apprehended”, “breath”, “divine fragrance”, “hath recognized”, “have known”, “knoweth”, “known”, “recognize”, “recognizeth”, “sweet savor”, “breeze”, “perfume”, “sweet fragrance”, “sweet smelling savor”
→ “known”, “well-known”, “attributed unto him”, “distinguish myself”, “have a name”, “known as”, “obscure”, “high repute”, “renown”, “reveal thee”, “allusions made to it”, “unrenowned”, “what is right”
→ “comprehend”, “comprehended”, “recognize”, “apprehended”, “failed to apprehend”, “godly man”, “is endued with insight”, “man of judgment”, “man of true understanding”, “seize the significance”, “all-perceiving”, “profoundest thinker”
→ “comprehend”, “man of understanding”, “know it”, “perceive”, “understand”, “could ye but perceive it”, “understanding heart”, “however deep its wisdom”, “know”, “men of understanding”, “had known him”, “have recognized him”
→ “knowledge”
→ “confessed”, “hath set up”, “recognized”, “acknowledged”, “borne witness”, “hath recognized”, “have acknowledged”, “have borne witness”, “have, without exception, admitted”, “testifieth”
→ “did ye but know it”, “them that comprehend this truth”, “could ye but perceive it”, “understanding heart”, “know”, “them that comprehend its meaning”, “perceive”, “comprehend this truth”, “understand”, “learned and wisest of men”, “them that recognize this truth”, “ye could perceive”
→ “them that have recognized thee”, “have recognized”, “have known”, “have recognized thee”, “them that have recognized”, “them that have recognized thy truth”, “understanding heart”, “learned”, “who have recognized”
→ “knowledge”, “understanding”, “human understanding”, “insight”, “perception”, “wisdom”
→ “comprehension”, “comprehend”, “comprehended”, “fathom”, “recognize”, “recognizing”, “striving”, “thought”, “apprehend”, “unravel the mystery”
→ “knowledge”, “renowned”, “teaching”, “true knowledge”
→ “appreciate”, “couldst thou but know”, “recognition”, “thou mayest perceive”, “thou shalt, after thy departure, discover”, “thou wilt appreciate”, “be unacquainted”, “unacquainted”
→ “comprehend”, “could ye but comprehend it”, “could ye but know it”, “did ye but know it”, “if ye be of them that comprehend”, “know ye”, “recognize”
→ “recognize”, “apprehendeth”, “can adequately reveal”, “can comprehend”, “conceive”, “perceive”, “shall know”
→ “knowledge”, “know thee”, “wisdom”
→ “them that have recognized thee”, “have known thee”, “them that have known thee”, “them that have recognized thy truth”, “who have recognized thy truth”
→ “knowledge”, “understanding”, “apprehension”, “visualize”
→ “know it”, “could ye but discover”, “failed to recognize”, “have failed to recognize”, “recognize”, “ye have believed”
→ “didst reveal thyself unto me”, “having enabled me to recognize”, “thou didst enable me to know”, “thou hast caused me to apprehend”, “thou hast enabled me to recognize”, “thou hast made known unto me”
→ “truth may be revealed unto thee”, “thou mayest be acquainted with”, “thou mayest comprehend”, “thou mayest discover”, “thou mayest understand”, “thou mayest apprehend”
→ “have recognized”, “them that have recognized thee”, “have recognized thee”, “them that have recognized”, “they who aspire to know thee”
→ “comprehended”, “hath known”, “hath recognized”, “hath recognized thee”, “who hath recognized”
→ “knowledge”, “thine immeasurable knowledge”, “sublime knowledge”
→ “been aware”, “have discovered”, “he of whom they had knowledge”, “recognized him not”
English Renderings
| Rendering | Count | % | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| knowledge | 101 | | العرفان , العِرْفانِ , بعرفان +25 |
| understanding | 37 | | العارفين، , العرفان , العرْفانِ +7 |
| recognize | 23 | | تعرفون , عارف , عرف +16 |
| fragrance | 22 | | عرف , عرفها , عَرْفَ +2 |
| recognized | 14 | | اعْتَرَفَ , الاعتراف , عرف +7 |
| comprehend | 13 | | اعرف , العارفين , العارفين، +6 |
| know | 13 | | اعرف , العارفين , العارفین +10 |
| comprehension | 11 | | تُعْرَفَ , عرفان , عِرْفانِ +2 |
| known | 11 | | عرف , عَرَفَ , معروف +3 |
| recognition | 10 | | تعرف , عرفان , لعرفان +1 |
| them that have recognized thee | 8 | | العارِفِينَ , العارِفِينَ. , العارِفِينَ، +1 |
| confessed | 7 | | اعتراف , اعْتَرَفَ , وَاعْتَرَفَ +1 |
| perceive | 6 | | أَعْرِفَ , ارِفِيْنَ , العارفين +2 |
| acknowledge | 6 | | معترف , وَاَعْتَرِفُ , وَمُعْتَرِفًا +3 |
| have recognized | 5 | | اعْتَرَفْتُ , العارِفِينَ , العَارِفِينَ +1 |
| have recognized thee | 5 | | العارِفِينَ , العَارِفِينَ , العَارِفِينَ. +2 |
| wisdom | 5 | | العرفان , عرفان , عِرْفانِكَ، +2 |
| hath known | 5 | | عرف , عَرَفَ , عَرَفَكَ |
| divine knowledge | 5 | | عرفان |
| hath acknowledged | 4 | | اعترف , اعترفت , عَرَفَ |
| acknowledged | 4 | | اعترفوا , اعْتَرَفَ , وَاعْتَرَفُوا +1 |
| hath recognized | 4 | | اعْتَرَفَ , عرف , عرفني +1 |
| understanding heart | 4 | | العارفين , العارفین , العارِفِينَ +1 |
| know it | 4 | | العارفين , عرفتم , فَاعْرِفْهُ |
| did ye but know it | 4 | | العارفین , تعرفون , تَعْرِفُونَ، |
| what is right | 4 | | بالمعروف , بمعروف , معروف |
| comprehended | 4 | | عارف , عَرَفَكَ , عِرْفانِ |
| recognizing | 4 | | عرفان , عِرْفانِ |
| confessing | 3 | | اعترف , مُعْتَرِفًا , وَأَعْتَرِفُ |
| understand | 3 | | العارفين , العارفین , العِرْفانِ، |
| them that have recognized thy truth | 3 | | العارِفِينَ , العارِفِينَ، , العَارِفِينَ، |
| learned | 3 | | العارِفِينَ , العُرَفآءِ , عرفاء |
| them that have known thee | 3 | | العارِفِينَ، , العَارِفِينَ. , الْعارفِيْنَ، |
| insight | 3 | | العرفان , عِرفانٍ , والعرفان |
| true knowledge | 3 | | بمعرفت , عرفان , معارف |
| acquaint | 3 | | تُعَرِّفَ , عَرِّفْهُمْ , يعرّفک |
| recognizeth | 3 | | عرف , عَرَفهم , يعرف |
| sweet savor | 3 | | عرف , عَرْفُ , وَعَرْفُ |
| grasp | 3 | | عرفان , عِرفانِهِ |
| fathom | 3 | | عرفان , عرفانها , عِرْفانِ |
| know thee | 3 | | عِرْفانِكَ، , لِعِرْفَانِكَ , يَعْرِفَكَ |
| know him | 3 | | لعرفان , يعرف , يعرفه |
| renowned | 3 | | معارف , معروفند |
| well-known | 3 | | معروف |
| can comprehend | 3 | | يَعرِفُ , یعرف |
| knoweth | 2 | | اعرفيد , عرف |
| hath set up | 2 | | اعْتَرَفَ |
| have acknowledged | 2 | | اعْتَرَفَ , اعْتَرَفُوْا |
| could ye but perceive it | 2 | | العارفين , العارفین |
| man of understanding | 2 | | العارفين |
| them that comprehend this truth | 2 | | العارفین |
| comprehend this truth | 2 | | العارفین , العارفین...حتّی |
| have known | 2 | | العارِفِينَ , عرف |
| them that have recognized | 2 | | العارِفِينَ , العَارِفِينَ |
| have known thee | 2 | | العارِفِينَ، , معروفی |
| sage | 2 | | العرفآء , عرفاء |
| human understanding | 2 | | العرفان |
| true understanding | 2 | | العرفانِ , عرفان |
| sweet fragrance | 2 | | العَرْفِ , عرف |
| apprehension | 2 | | العِرْفانِ , عَرَفَهُ |
| appreciate | 2 | | تعرف , عرفان |
| discover | 2 | | تعرفنّ , وَيَعْرِفُنَّ |
| know ye | 2 | | تعرفون , عَرَفْتُمْ |
| make known | 2 | | تُعَرِّفَ , عَرِّفْ |
| make thyself known | 2 | | تُعْرَفَ , عِرْفانَ |
| apprehended | 2 | | عارف , عرف |
| them that are initiated | 2 | | عارفين |
| perfume | 2 | | عرف , عَرْفُهُ |
| conceive | 2 | | عرفان , یعرف |
| know and recognize | 2 | | عرفان , لعرفان |
| know god | 2 | | عرفان , معرفت |
| mystery | 2 | | عرفان , معرفتها |
| apprehend | 2 | | عرفان , عِرْفانِ |
| knowledge of thee | 2 | | عُرْفَكَ , عِرْفَانِكَ، |
| them that apprehend this truth | 2 | | للعارفین |
| they may recognize | 2 | | لِيَعْرِفُنَّكَ , لِيَعْرِفُوكَ |
| teaching | 2 | | معارف |
| knowledge of god | 2 | | معرفت , معرفتی |
| renown | 2 | | معروف , معروفيّت |
| acknowledging | 2 | | وَمُعْتَرِفًا |
| discern clearly | 2 | | يعرفون , یعرفون |
| know it not | 2 | | يعرفون |
| confess | 1 | | أَعْتَرِفُ |
| bear witness | 1 | | اعتراف |
| hast caused all the holy ones to confess | 1 | | اعترف |
| having acknowledged | 1 | | اعترفت |
| better acquainted | 1 | | اعرف |
| strive to know | 1 | | اعرف |
| ponder this in your heart | 1 | | اعرفوا |
| borne witness | 1 | | اعْتَرَفَ |
| have borne witness | 1 | | اعْتَرَفَ |
| have, without exception, admitted | 1 | | اعْتَرَفَ |
| testifieth | 1 | | اعْتَرَفَ |
| i have confessed | 1 | | اعْتَرَفْتُ |
| acknowledgment of their | 1 | | اعْتِرافَهُمْ |
| led to confess | 1 | | اعْتِرافِهِمْ |
| having confessed | 1 | | اعْتِرافِي |
| man of discernment | 1 | | العارف |
| learned of men | 1 | | العارفون |
| who are endued with understanding | 1 | | العارفون |
| however deep its wisdom | 1 | | العارفين |
| men of understanding | 1 | | العارفين |
| had known him | 1 | | العارفين |
| have recognized him | 1 | | العارفين |
| them that comprehend its meaning | 1 | | العارفین |
| learned and wisest of men | 1 | | العارفین |
| them that recognize this truth | 1 | | العارفین |
| ye could perceive | 1 | | العارفین |
| is endued with understanding | 1 | | العارِفَ |
| who have recognized | 1 | | العارِفِينَ |
| who have recognized thy truth | 1 | | العارِفِينَ، |
| perception | 1 | | العرفان |
| they who aspire to know thee | 1 | | العَارِفِينَ |
| men’s apprehension | 1 | | العِرْفانَ |
| visualize | 1 | | العِرْفانِ |
| o thou who art reputed | 1 | | المعروف |
| who have recognized thee | 1 | | الْعارِفِيْنَ |
| knowest | 1 | | اَتَعرِفُ |
| do that which is praiseworthy | 1 | | بالمعروف |
| adequate understanding of | 1 | | بعرفان |
| recognize and know him | 1 | | بعرفانش |
| him | 1 | | بعرفانه |
| standard of their own knowledge | 1 | | بمعرفت |
| fathom the mystery | 1 | | بمعرفت |
| perform praiseworthy deed | 1 | | بمعروف |
| comprehension of aught else | 1 | | بِعِرْفَانِ |
| except them that have recognized | 1 | | بِمَعْرِفَةِ |
| thine own knowledge | 1 | | بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ |
| couldst thou but know | 1 | | تعرف |
| thou mayest perceive | 1 | | تعرف |
| thou shalt, after thy departure, discover | 1 | | تعرف |
| thou wilt appreciate | 1 | | تعرف |
| be unacquainted | 1 | | تعرف |
| unacquainted | 1 | | تعرف |
| mine essence thou shalt never apprehend | 1 | | تعرفنی |
| could ye but comprehend it | 1 | | تعرفون |
| could ye but know it | 1 | | تعرفون |
| if ye be of them that comprehend | 1 | | تعرفون |
| were ye of them that comprehend | 1 | | تعرفون. |
| recognizing me | 1 | | تعرفوني |
| make known unto me | 1 | | تُعَرِّفَنِي |
| am made to recognize | 1 | | تُعَرِّفُنِيْ |
| reveal thyself | 1 | | تُعْرَفَ |
| inscrutable | 1 | | تُعْرَفُ |
| failed to apprehend | 1 | | عارف |
| godly man | 1 | | عارف |
| is endued with insight | 1 | | عارف |
| man of judgment | 1 | | عارف |
| man of true understanding | 1 | | عارف |
| seize the significance | 1 | | عارف |
| all-perceiving | 1 | | عارف |
| profoundest thinker | 1 | | عارف |
| faithful | 1 | | عارفون |
| worldly wise | 1 | | عارفٍ |
| man of learning | 1 | | عارفی |
| possessor of knowledge | 1 | | عارِفٍ |
| wise | 1 | | عارِفٍ |
| breath | 1 | | عرف |
| divine fragrance | 1 | | عرف |
| breeze | 1 | | عرف |
| sweet smelling savor | 1 | | عرف |
| sages and mystic | 1 | | عرفا |
| devoutest of mystic | 1 | | عرفاء |
| firm believer in | 1 | | عرفان |
| apprehend the meaning | 1 | | عرفان |
| capacity | 1 | | عرفان |
| conception | 1 | | عرفان |
| know his | 1 | | عرفان |
| knowledge of | 1 | | عرفان |
| mind, however acute | 1 | | عرفان |
| seeking to know | 1 | | عرفان |
| understanding of his | 1 | | عرفانش |
| attempts to comprehend thy nature | 1 | | عرفانك |
| unknowable essence | 1 | | عرفانه |
| recognize either the one or the other | 1 | | عرفانهما |
| made known | 1 | | عرفت |
| could ye but discover | 1 | | عرفتم |
| failed to recognize | 1 | | عرفتم |
| have failed to recognize | 1 | | عرفتم |
| ye have believed | 1 | | عرفتم |
| inasmuch as thou hast recognized | 1 | | عرفتَ |
| fragrance of which | 1 | | عرفش |
| could apprehend | 1 | | عرفوا |
| failed to appreciate | 1 | | عرفوا |
| hath enlightened | 1 | | عرّفه |
| hath recognized thee | 1 | | عَرَفَكَ |
| who hath recognized | 1 | | عَرَفَكَ |
| discovered | 1 | | عَرَفَهُ |
| hath befittingly recognized | 1 | | عَرَفَهُ |
| been aware | 1 | | عَرَفُوا |
| have discovered | 1 | | عَرَفُوا |
| he of whom they had knowledge | 1 | | عَرَفُوا |
| recognized him not | 1 | | عَرَفُوا |
| thinkest | 1 | | عَرَفْتَ |
| knew | 1 | | عَرَفْتُ |
| i recognized thee | 1 | | عَرَفْتُكَ |
| thou hast made known | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَ |
| which thou hast enabled | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَ |
| thou hast enabled us to recognize | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنا |
| didst reveal thyself unto me | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِي |
| having enabled me to recognize | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِي |
| thou didst enable me to know | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِي |
| thou hast caused me to apprehend | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِي |
| thou hast enabled me to recognize | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِي |
| thou hast made known unto me | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِي |
| hath made known | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَنِيْ |
| thou hast revealed unto her | 1 | | عَرَّفْتَها |
| enable | 1 | | عَرِّفْ |
| make thou known unto them | 1 | | عَرِّفْهُمْ |
| uncover before them | 1 | | عَرِّفْهُمْ |
| sweet smell | 1 | | عَرْفَ |
| sweetness of thy fragrance | 1 | | عَرْفَكَ |
| have been recognized | 1 | | عُرِفَ |
| thine immeasurable knowledge | 1 | | عِرفانِكَ |
| sublime knowledge | 1 | | عِرفانِكَ |
| known thee | 1 | | عِرْفانَكَ |
| striving | 1 | | عِرْفانِ |
| thought | 1 | | عِرْفانِ |
| unravel the mystery | 1 | | عِرْفانِ |
| is his nature | 1 | | عِرْفانِهِ |
| do thou observe it | 1 | | فَاعْرِفْهُ. |
| truth may be revealed unto thee | 1 | | لتعرف |
| thou mayest be acquainted with | 1 | | لتعرف |
| thou mayest comprehend | 1 | | لتعرف |
| thou mayest discover | 1 | | لتعرف |
| thou mayest understand | 1 | | لتعرف |
| thou mayest apprehend | 1 | | لتعرف |
| ye may be made aware of | 1 | | لتعرفوا |
| they may truly recognize thee | 1 | | لعرفانك |
| purpose of recognizing | 1 | | لعرفانها |
| they that understand | 1 | | للعارفين |
| who understand | 1 | | للعارفين |
| are they that have recognized | 1 | | للعارفین |
| leading into his knowledge | 1 | | لمعرفته |
| will make thee known | 1 | | ليعرّفنّک |
| they may acknowledge | 1 | | ليَعْتَرِفُوا |
| man | 1 | | لِعارِفٍ |
| reveal | 1 | | لِعِرْفانِ |
| i may recognize | 1 | | لِعِرْفانِ |
| whereby they can recognize | 1 | | لِعِرْفانِ |
| we may recognize thee | 1 | | لِنَعْرِفَكَ |
| he may apprehend | 1 | | لِيَعْرِفَ |
| may all recognize | 1 | | لِيَعْرِفُنَّ |
| see | 1 | | لِيَعْرِفُوْا |
| acknowledgment | 1 | | معترف |
| acknowledging the | 1 | | معترفا |
| testify | 1 | | معترفند |
| truth | 1 | | معترفند |
| true knowledge of | 1 | | معرفت |
| certainty | 1 | | معرفت |
| grasp the nature | 1 | | معرفت |
| ignorance | 1 | | معرفت |
| understanding and recognition | 1 | | معرفت |
| knowledge and understanding | 1 | | معرفت، |
| attributed unto him | 1 | | معروف |
| distinguish myself | 1 | | معروف |
| have a name | 1 | | معروف |
| known as | 1 | | معروف |
| obscure | 1 | | معروف |
| high repute | 1 | | معروف |
| reveal thee | 1 | | معروف |
| allusions made to it | 1 | | معروف |
| unrenowned | 1 | | معروف |
| recognized as derived | 1 | | معروفا |
| reveal him | 1 | | معروفا |
| is known as | 1 | | معروفست |
| integrity | 1 | | معروفش |
| reputed | 1 | | معروفند |
| widely-known | 1 | | معروفهٴ |
| light of his recognition | 1 | | معروفيّت |
| can unravel the secret | 1 | | معروفی |
| manifold wisdom | 1 | | مَعارِفِكَ |
| noised abroad | 1 | | مَعْرُوفًا |
| testified | 1 | | واعترفوا |
| revealed to me | 1 | | وعرّفتني |
| enabled you to recognize | 1 | | وعرّفكم |
| lay bare before | 1 | | وَأُعَرِّفُهُمْ |
| confesseth | 1 | | وَاعْتَرَفَ |
| hath borne witness | 1 | | وَاعْتَرَفَ |
| shalt know | 1 | | وَتَعْرِفَها |
| hast made known unto me | 1 | | وَعَرَّفْتَنِي |
| shed abroad the sweet smell | 1 | | وَعَرْفَ |
| knowledge and | 1 | | وَعِرْفانِكَ |
| who acknowledgeth | 1 | | وَمُعْتَرِفًا |
| acknowledgeth | 1 | | وَيَعْتَرِفُ |
| will enable them to recognize | 1 | | وَيَعْرِفُنَّ |
| enable them to discover | 1 | | ویعرّفهم |
| making known to other | 1 | | يعرف |
| unknown | 1 | | يعرفه |
| maketh | 1 | | يعرّف |
| acquaint thee | 1 | | يعرّفک |
| comprehending | 1 | | يَعْرِفُ |
| could discover | 1 | | يَعْرِفُ |
| recognize me | 1 | | يَعْرِفُنِي |
| maketh thee known unto | 1 | | يُعَرِّفُنِيْ |
| utter | 1 | | يُعْرَفَ |
| is inscrutable | 1 | | يُعْرَفُ |
| apprehendeth | 1 | | یعرف |
| can adequately reveal | 1 | | یعرف |
| shall know | 1 | | یعرف |
| can perceive | 1 | | یعرفه |
| discover his glory | 1 | | یعرفه |
| comprehend it | 1 | | یعرفها |
| be made aware | 1 | | یعرفون |
| unaware | 1 | | یعرفون |
| enable them to attain the knowledge of | 1 | | یعرّفهم |