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ب ك ر Root b-k-r in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Occurrences
12
Verses
12
Surahs
11 of 114
Words
3

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ب ك ر (b-k-r) gives 3 words. It appears most in Maryam (2), Al-Baqarah (1), Ali 'Imran (1).

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
بُكْرَةnoun7morning, early
بِكْرadjective3virgins, young
إِبْكارnoun2morning

بُكْرَة 7 times

  • 19:11 · Maryamبُكْرَةًۭ (in) the morningSo he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allah] in the morning and afternoon.
  • 19:62 · Maryamبُكْرَةًۭ morningThey will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.
  • 25:5 · Al-Furqanبُكْرَةًۭ morningAnd they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
  • 33:42 · Al-Ahzabبُكْرَةًۭ morningAnd exalt Him morning and afternoon.
  • 48:9 · Al-Fathبُكْرَةًۭ morningThat you [people] may believe in Allah and His Messenger and honor him and respect the Prophet and exalt Allah morning and afternoon.
  • 54:38 · Al-Qamarبُكْرَةً earlyAnd there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
  • 76:25 · Al-Insanبُكْرَةًۭ morningAnd mention the name of your Lord [in prayer] morning and evening

بِكْر 3 times

  • 2:68 · Al-Baqarahبِكْرٌ youngThey said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allah] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."
  • 56:36 · Al-Waqi'ahأَبْكَارًا virginsAnd made them virgins,
  • 66:5 · At-Tahrimوَأَبْكَارًۭا and virginsPerhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.

إِبْكار 2 times

  • 3:41 · Ali 'Imranوَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ and (in) the morningHe said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He Said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."
  • 40:55 · Ghafirوَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ and the morningSo be patient, [O Muhammad]. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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