فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَٰقُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Quran glossary · accepted
خلف
followers (later generation)
Followers constituting a later generation after an earlier group.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: خلف
Lemmas: خلف
Forms: خَلْفٌ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا
Why this meaning was chosen
The researcher accepted follow as the single خلف core across all 127 occurrences. The repair preserves separate form-level renderings for reciprocal divergence, succession, causation, passivity, non-accompaniment, contrary conduct, commitment follow-through, replacement, and crosswise position. It also corrects the generation noun to the Quranic vocalization خَلْفٌ and prevents the active Form V from being mistranslated as passive.