كُفُوًا (kufuwan)an equivalent

 كُفُوًا (kufuwan) is a very meaningful word in Surah Al-Ikhlāṣ (112:4):

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
“And there is none comparable to Him.”

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🔍 Word Breakdown: كُفُوًا

✨ Root: ك-ف-ء (k–f–ʾ)

This root relates to:

• Equality

• Similarity

• Being a match

• Being comparable

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🧠 Meaning of كُفُوًا:

• كُفُو (kufūʾ) = equal, match, peer, or counterpart

• The ًا ending is tanwīn fatḥ (a grammatical marker for indefiniteness)

👉 So كُفُوًا means:

🛑 “an equivalent,” “a match,” or “anyone comparable”

In this verse, it’s used in a negative construction:

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
"And there is not for Him any equal."

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💡 Deep Message:

• Allah has no rival, no one similar to Him in:

  • Essence

  • Attributes

  • Power

  • Knowledge

  • Existence

• It’s a direct rejection of any notion that anyone or anything can be like Him — not in form, nature, or ability.

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✅ Summary

Arabic	كُفُوًا
Meaning	An equal, a match, a comparable one
Root	ك-ف-ء (k-f-ʾ)
Message	No one and nothing is like Allah — in any way