ص ع ق Root ṣ-ʿ-q in the Qur’an 11 occurrences in 10 verses

Words from this root

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

صاعِقَة 8 times

• 2:19 · Al-Baqarahٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ the thunderclapsOr [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers.
• 2:55 · Al-Baqarahٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ the thunderboltAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.
• 4:153 · An-Nisaٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ the thunderboltThe People of the Scripture ask you to bring down to them a book from the heaven. But they had asked of Moses [even] greater than that and said, "Show us Allah outright," so the thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf [for worship] after clear evidences had come to them, and We pardoned that. And We gave Moses a clear authority.
• 13:13 · Ar-Ra'dٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ the thunderboltsAnd the thunder exalts [Allah] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah; and He is severe in assault.
• 41:13 · Fussilatصَـٰعِقَةًۭ (of) a thunderboltBut if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.
• 41:13 · Fussilatصَـٰعِقَةِ (the) thunderboltBut if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.
• 41:17 · Fussilatصَـٰعِقَةُ a thunderboltAnd as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
• 51:44 · Adh-Dhariyatٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ the thunderboltBut they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

صَعِقَ 2 times

• 39:68 · Az-Zumarفَصَعِقَ then (will) fall deadAnd the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.
• 52:45 · At-Turيُصْعَقُونَ they will faintSo leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

صَعِق 1 time

• 7:143 · Al-A'rafصَعِقًۭا ۚ unconsciousAnd when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers."

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.