ف ل ك Root f-l-k in the Qur’an 25 occurrences in 25 verses

Words from this root

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

فُلْك 23 times

• 2:164 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلْفُلْكِ and the shipsIndeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason.
• 7:64 · Al-A'rafٱلْفُلْكِ the shipBut they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.
• 10:22 · Yunusٱلْفُلْكِ the shipsIt is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from everywhere and they assume that they are surrounded, supplicating Allah, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."
• 10:73 · Yunusٱلْفُلْكِ the shipAnd they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Then see how was the end of those who were warned.
• 11:37 · Hudٱلْفُلْكَ the shipAnd construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."
• 11:38 · Hudٱلْفُلْكَ the shipAnd he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
• 14:32 · Ibrahimٱلْفُلْكَ the shipsIt is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.
• 16:14 · An-Nahlٱلْفُلْكَ the shipsAnd it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 17:66 · Al-Israٱلْفُلْكَ the shipIt is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful.
• 22:65 · Al-Hajjوَٱلْفُلْكَ and the shipsDo you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allah, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
• 23:22 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْفُلْكِ [the] shipsAnd upon them and on ships you are carried.
• 23:27 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْفُلْكَ the shipSo We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation, and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into the ship from each [creature] two mates and your family, except those for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.
• 23:28 · Al-Mu'minunٱلْفُلْكِ the shipAnd when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allah who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'
• 26:119 · Ash-Shu'araٱلْفُلْكِ the shipSo We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
• 29:65 · Al-'Ankabutٱلْفُلْكِ the shipAnd when they board a ship, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him
• 30:46 · Ar-Rumٱلْفُلْكُ the shipsAnd of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 31:31 · Luqmanٱلْفُلْكَ the shipsDo you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allah that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
• 35:12 · Fatirٱلْفُلْكَ the shipsAnd not alike are the two bodies of water. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 36:41 · Ya-Sinٱلْفُلْكِ the shipAnd a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers in a laden ship.
• 37:140 · As-Saffatٱلْفُلْكِ the ship[Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.
• 40:80 · Ghafirٱلْفُلْكِ the shipsAnd for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may realize upon them a need which is in your breasts; and upon them and upon ships you are carried.
• 43:12 · Az-Zukhrufٱلْفُلْكِ the shipsAnd who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.
• 45:12 · Al-Jathiyahٱلْفُلْكُ the shipsIt is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

فَلَك 2 times

• 21:33 · Al-Anbyaفَلَكٍۢ an orbitAnd it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
• 36:40 · Ya-Sinفَلَكٍۢ an orbitIt is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.

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.