ر ع ي Root r-ʿ-y in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 9 verses

Words from this root

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

راعي 2 times

• 23:8 · Al-Mu'minunرَٰعُونَ (are) observersAnd they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive
• 70:32 · Al-Ma'arijرَٰعُونَ (are) observersAnd those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

راعِ 2 times

• 2:104 · Al-Baqarahرَٰعِنَا RainaO you who have believed, say not [to Allah 's Messenger], "Ra'ina" but say, "Unthurna" and listen. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.
• 4:46 · An-Nisaوَرَٰعِنَا and "RainaAmong the Jews are those who distort words from their [proper] usages and say, "We hear and disobey" and "Hear but be not heard" and "Ra'ina," twisting their tongues and defaming the religion. And if they had said [instead], "We hear and obey" and "Wait for us [to understand]," it would have been better for them and more suitable. But Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.

رَعَ 2 times

• 20:54 · Ta-Haوَٱرْعَوْا۟ and pastureEat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.
• 57:27 · Al-Hadidرَعَوْهَا they observed itThen We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

مَرْعَى 2 times

• 79:31 · An-Nazi'atوَمَرْعَىٰهَا and its pastureHe extracted from it its water and its pasture,
• 87:4 · Al-A'laٱلْمَرْعَىٰ the pastureAnd who brings out the pasture

رِعاء 1 time

• 28:23 · Al-Qasasٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ the shepherdsAnd when he came to the well of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women driving back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

رِعايَت 1 time

• 57:27 · Al-Hadidرِعَايَتِهَا ۖ observanceThen We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

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.