Home Quran Quran roots ب ك ر
12 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 514
The Quran root ب ك ر b-k-r
Words built from the root ب ك ر ([b-k-r]) appear 12 times in the Quran. The most common is بُكْرَة, “morning”, which comes 7 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| بُكْرَة | bukra | morning · early | 7 | |
| بِكْر | bikr | virgins · young | 3 | |
| إِبْكار | ibkaar | morning | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِمْ أَن سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا ١١
بُكْرَةً buk'ratan · (in) the morning
So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [Allāh] in the morning and afternoon. (Surah Maryam, 19:11)
لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا إِلَّا سَلَامًا وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِيهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا ٦٢
بُكْرَةً buk'ratan · morning
They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon. (Surah Maryam, 19:62)
قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِيَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٨
بِكْرٌ bik'run · young
They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:68)
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّي آيَةً قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِبْكَارِ ٤١
وَالْإِبْكَارِ wal-ib'kāri · and (in) the morning
He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:41)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Maryam · 2×
- Surah Al-Furqan · 1×
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 1×
- Surah Al-Fath · 1×
- Surah Al-Qamar · 1×
- Surah Al-Insan · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.