ب ق ي Root b-q-y in the Qur’an 21 occurrences in 21 verses
- Occurrences
- 21
- Verses
- 21
- Surahs
- 16 of 114
- Words
- 7
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 ق ي (b-q-y) gives 7 words. It appears most in Ta-Ha (4), Al-Baqarah (2), Hud (2).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
أَبْقَى 7 times
- 20:71 · Ta-Haوَأَبْقَىٰ and more lasting[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."
- 20:73 · Ta-Haوَأَبْقَىٰٓ and Ever LastingIndeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allah is better and more enduring."
- 20:127 · Ta-Haوَأَبْقَىٰٓ and more lastingAnd thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.
- 20:131 · Ta-Haوَأَبْقَىٰ and more lastingAnd do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.
- 28:60 · Al-Qasasوَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۚ and more lastingAnd whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allah is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?
- 42:36 · Ash-Shuraوَأَبْقَىٰ and more lastingSo whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely
- 87:17 · Al-A'laوَأَبْقَىٰٓ and everlastingWhile the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
باقِيَة 4 times
- 18:46 · Al-Kahfوَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ But the enduringWealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope.
- 19:76 · Maryamوَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ And the everlastingAnd Allah increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.
- 43:28 · Az-Zukhrufبَاقِيَةًۭ lastingAnd he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].
- 69:8 · Al-Haqqahبَاقِيَةٍۢ remainsThen do you see of them any remains?
بَقِيَ 3 times
- 2:278 · Al-Baqarahبَقِىَ remainedO you who have believed, fear Allah and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.
- 53:51 · An-Najmأَبْقَىٰ He sparedAnd Thamud - and He did not spare [them] -
- 55:27 · Ar-Rahmanوَيَبْقَىٰ But will remainAnd there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
بَقِيَّت 3 times
- 2:248 · Al-Baqarahوَبَقِيَّةٌۭ and a remnantAnd their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."
- 11:86 · Hudبَقِيَّتُ (What) remainsWhat remains [lawful] from Allah is best for you, if you would be believers. But I am not a guardian over you."
- 11:116 · Hudبَقِيَّةٍۢ those possessing a remnantSo why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
باقي 2 times
- 26:120 · Ash-Shu'araٱلْبَاقِينَ the remaining onesThen We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.
- 37:77 · As-Saffatٱلْبَاقِينَ the survivorsAnd We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]
باق 1 time
- 16:96 · An-Nahlبَاقٍۢ ۗ (will) be remainingWhatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
تُبْقِي 1 time
- 74:28 · Al-Muddaththirتُبْقِى it lets remainIt lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
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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