19 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 419

The Quran root ف ك ه f-k-h

Words built from the root ف ك ه ([f-k-h]) appear 19 times in the Quran. The most common is فاكِهَة, “fruits”, which comes 11 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
فاكِهَة	faakiha	fruits · fruit	11
فَواكِه	fawaakih	fruits	3
فاكِه	faakih	amusement · take delight	3
تَفَكَّهُ	tafakkahu	wondering	1
فَكِه	fakih	jesting	1

Examples from the Quran

لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ ٥٧

فَاكِهَةٌ fākihatun · (are) fruits

For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish] (Surah Ya-Sin, 36:57)

مُتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ ٥١

بِفَاكِهَةٍ bifākihatin · for fruit

Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink. (Surah Sad, 38:51)

فَأَنشَأْنَا لَكُم بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ لَّكُمْ فِيهَا فَوَاكِهُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ١٩

فَوَاكِهُ fawākihu · (are) fruits

And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat. (Surah Al-Mu'minun, 23:19)

إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الْيَوْمَ فِي شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ ٥٥

فَاكِهُونَ fākihūna · (in) amusement

Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation - (Surah Ya-Sin, 36:55)

لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَاهُ حُطَامًا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ ٦٥

تَفَكَّهُونَ tafakkahūna · wondering

If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder, (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:65)

وَإِذَا انقَلَبُوا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمُ انقَلَبُوا فَكِهِينَ ٣١

فَكِهِينَ fakihīna · jesting

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting. (Surah Al-Mutaffifin, 83:31)

Surahs where it comes most

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.