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18 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 425
The Quran root ف ك ر f-k-r
Words built from the root ف ك ر ([f-k-r]) appear 18 times in the Quran. The most common is يَتَفَكَّرُ, “who reflect”, which comes 17 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَتَفَكَّرُ | yatafakkaru | who reflect · reflect | 17 | |
| فَكَّرَ | fakkara | thought | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ قُلْ فِيهِمَا إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ الْعَفْوَ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢١٩
تَتَفَكَّرُونَ tatafakkarūna · ponder
They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allāh makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:219)
أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَأَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَاءُ فَأَصَابَهَا إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢٦٦
تَتَفَكَّرُونَ tatafakkarūna · ponder
Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak [i.e., immature] offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allāh make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:266)
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ١٨
فَكَّرَ fakkara · thought
Indeed, he thought and deliberated. (Surah Al-Muddaththir, 74:18)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nahl · 3×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah Ar-Rum · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
- Surah Al-An'am · 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.