حفن

حَفْنَةٌ حفن حفنه حفننه حفنة , (S, Mgh, Msb, TA, and so, accord. to the TA, in the K,) or ↓ حُفْنَةٌ, (so in copies of the K,) [but the former is that which is commonly known,] A handful: (Mgh, K:) or the quantity that fills the two hands [ when they are put together so as to be like a bowl ]; (S, Msb;) of wheat [or the like]: (S:) pl. حَفَنَاتٌ. (S, Msb.) Hence, (in the saying of Aboo-Bekr, TA,) اـِنَّمَا نَحْنُ حَفْنَةٌ مِنْ حَفَنَاتِ ا@للّٰهِ, (S, TA,) i. e., (tropical:) We shall be but little, on the day of resurrection, like a حفنة, in the estimation of God; (TA;) meaning we shall be but a small thing in comparison with the dominion and the mercy of God. (S, TA.) ― -b2- Also The hand (كَفّ) itself. (Har p. 296.) ― -b3- See also what next follows.