ف ق ه Root f-q-h in the Qur’an 20 occurrences in 20 verses

Words from this root

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

يَفْقَهُ 19 times

• 4:78 · An-Nisaيَفْقَهُونَ (to) understandWherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allah "; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allah." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?
• 6:25 · Al-An'amيَفْقَهُوهُ they understand itAnd among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."
• 6:65 · Al-An'amيَفْقَهُونَ understandSay, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.
• 6:98 · Al-An'amيَفْقَهُونَ (who) understandAnd it is He who produced you from one soul and [gave you] a place of dwelling and of storage. We have detailed the signs for a people who understand.
• 7:179 · Al-A'rafيَفْقَهُونَ they understandAnd We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.
• 8:65 · Al-Anfalيَفْقَهُونَ understandO Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.
• 9:81 · At-Tawbahيَفْقَهُونَ understandThose who remained behind rejoiced in their staying [at home] after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of Allah and said, "Do not go forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is more intensive in heat" - if they would but understand.
• 9:87 · At-Tawbahيَفْقَهُونَ understandThey were satisfied to be with those who stay behind, and their hearts were sealed over, so they do not understand.
• 9:127 · At-Tawbahيَفْقَهُونَ they understandAnd whenever a surah is revealed, they look at each other, [saying], "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allah has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.
• 11:91 · Hudنَفْقَهُ we understandThey said, "O Shu'ayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."
• 17:44 · Al-Israتَفْقَهُونَ you understandThe seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allah] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving.
• 17:46 · Al-Israيَفْقَهُوهُ they understand itAnd We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn back in aversion.
• 18:57 · Al-Kahfيَفْقَهُوهُ they understand itAnd who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.
• 18:93 · Al-Kahfيَفْقَهُونَ understandUntil, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.
• 20:28 · Ta-Haيَفْقَهُوا۟ That they may understandThat they may understand my speech.
• 48:15 · Al-Fathيَفْقَهُونَ understandingThose who remained behind will say when you set out toward the war booty to take it, "Let us follow you." They wish to change the words of Allah. Say, "Never will you follow us. Thus did Allah say before." So they will say, "Rather, you envy us." But [in fact] they were not understanding except a little.
• 59:13 · Al-Hashrيَفْقَهُونَ understandYou [believers] are more fearful within their breasts than Allah. That is because they are a people who do not understand.
• 63:3 · Al-Munafiqunيَفْقَهُونَ understandThat is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.
• 63:7 · Al-Munafiqunيَفْقَهُونَ understandThey are the ones who say, "Do not spend on those who are with the Messenger of Allah until they disband." And to Allah belongs the depositories of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.

يَتَفَقَّهُ 1 time

• 9:122 · At-Tawbahلِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟ that they may obtain understandingAnd it is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all at once. For there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.

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.