kh-f-y

Description

The Arabic root خفي (kh-f-y) carries the core meaning of concealment, hiding, or being obscure from perception or knowledge. In the Quran, it frequently appears in contexts contrasting human attempts to hide thoughts, deeds, or intentions from others with the impossibility of concealing anything from Allah's all-encompassing knowledge. This root emphasizes a central Quranic theme: while people may successfully hide things from one another, nothing remains hidden from God, who knows both the manifest and the concealed.