ر ق ب
Most of the words in the Arabic language are derived from a three-letter root like ر ق ب which represents a core meaning or concept
To guard, observe, watch, respect, regard, wait for, tie by the neck, warn, fear, control
Below you will find verses of the holy Quran containing words derived from ر ق ب and their meanings
| Surah/ | The root ر ق ب occurs approximately 24 times in the holy Quran | ر ق ب |
| Verse | ||
| Piety is not that you turn your faces towards east and west | لَيْسَ البِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوْا وُجُوْهَكُمْ قِبَلَ المَشْرِقِ وَالمَغْرِبِ | |
| but piety is one who believes in Allah (SWT) and the Last Day and the Angels | وَلَاكِنَّ البِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِاللهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَالمَلَآئِكَةِ | |
| and the Book and the Prophets and gives his wealth in spite of his love of it | وَالكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّنَ وَءَاتِي المَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ | |
| to his relatives and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer | ذَوِى القُرْبَى وَاليَتَامَى وَالمَسَاكِيْنَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيْلِ | |
| and to one’s who asks and in freeing the necks and who establish the prayer and give the tax | وَالسَّآئِلِيْنَ وَفِى الرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَءَاتَى الزَّكَاةَ | |
| and who fulfil their covenant when they make it | وَالمُوْفُوْنَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَاهَدُوْا | |
| and the ones who are patient in suffering and hardship and times of stress | وَالصَّابِرِيْنَ فِي البَأْسَآءِ وَالضَّرَّآءِ وَحِيْنَ البَأْسِ | |
| 2-177 | Those are who are true and those, they are Pious | أُوْلَآئِكَ الَّذِيْنَ صَدَقُوْا وَأُوْلَآئِكَ هُمُ المُتَّقُوْنَ |
| O mankind! be mindful of your Lord who created you from a single soul | يَآ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ | |
| and He created from it, its mate and from them both, He dispersed many men and women | وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيْرًا وَنِسَآءً | |
| and be mindful of Allah (SWT) who you (all) ask from Him and the wombs | وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ الَّذِي تَسَآءَلُوْنَ بِهِ وَالأَرْحَامَ | |
| 4-1 | Indeed Allah (SWT) is over you, Ever Watchful | إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيْبًا |
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| 90-13 | freeing of a neck | فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ |