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ر ه ق Root r-h-q in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 10 verses

Occurrences
10
Verses
10
Surahs
7 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 ر ه ق (r-h-q) gives 3 words. It appears most in Yunus (2), Al-Kahf (2), Al-Jinn (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
يَرْهَقُverb5cover them, cover
يُرْهِقَverb3hard me, he would overburden them, Soon I will cover Him
رَهَقnoun2burden, any burden

يَرْهَقُ 5 times

  • 10:26 · Yunusيَرْهَقُ (will) coverFor them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra. No darkness will cover their faces, nor humiliation. Those are companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally
  • 10:27 · Yunusوَتَرْهَقُهُمْ and (will) cover themBut they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
  • 68:43 · Al-Qalamتَرْهَقُهُمْ will cover themTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
  • 70:44 · Al-Ma'arijتَرْهَقُهُمْ will cover themTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.
  • 80:41 · Abasaتَرْهَقُهَا Will cover themBlackness will cover them.

يُرْهِقَ 3 times

  • 18:73 · Al-Kahfتُرْهِقْنِى be hard (upon) me[Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not cover me in my matter with difficulty."
  • 18:80 · Al-Kahfيُرْهِقَهُمَا he would overburden themAnd as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.
  • 74:17 · Al-Muddaththirسَأُرْهِقُهُۥ Soon I will cover HimI will cover him with arduous torment.

رَهَق 2 times

  • 72:6 · Al-Jinnرَهَقًۭا (in) burdenAnd there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden.
  • 72:13 · Al-Jinnرَهَقًۭا any burdenAnd when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.

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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