Al-Baqara · 2:9
يُخَادِعُونَ اللّٰهَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۚ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَۜ
They seek to deceive God and the believers but they only deceive themselves, though they do not realize it
يُخَادِعُونَ
yukhādiʿūna
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- Meaning
- they seek to deceive
- Part of speech
- Verb (فعل)
- Root
- خ د ع
- Root meaning
- The root خدع (khdE) primarily means to hide or conceal. From this, it extends to deceiving, deluding, or outwitting someone by pretending the opposite of what is concealed.
- Frequency
- Appears in 3 verses of the Qur'an
- Dictionary form
- خَادَعَ
- Derivation
- Form III (mufāʿala) — attempted / mutual action
- Verb form
- Form III (فَاعَلَ)
- Tense
- Present (muḍāriʿ)
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Indicative (marfūʿ)
- Person
- 3rd person masculine plural (‘they’)
- Role
- Main verb; subject is the ‘they’ (wāw)
- Case
- Indicative (nūn retained)
- Grammar
- ‘They try to deceive’ — Form III (mufāʿala) often means an attempted or two-sided action, so ‘seek to deceive’. Present indicative; the wāw is the subject.
Conjugation
In the present, the prefix carries the subject (I / we / you / he) — no separate pronoun.