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(ک) حَنُفَ يَحْنُفُ حَنَافَةًḥanufa yaḥnufu ḥanāfatan: (1) to have a crooked foot (a crooked foot does not turn in any direction and always points one way). (2) to cut oneself off from every side and turn wholly in one direction.
حَنِيْفٌḥanīf pl. حُنَفَآءُḥunafāʾu (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): wholly single-minded, always and in every circumstance. ﴿بَلْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ حَنِيْفًا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:135); ﴿حُنَفَآءَ لِلّٰهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِيْنَ بِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:31)