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14 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 472
The Quran root ف ق ر f-q-r
Words built from the root ف ق ر ([f-q-r]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is فَقِير, “poor”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| فَقِير | faqiir | poor · need | 12 | |
| فَقْر | faqr | poverty | 1 | |
| فاقِرَة | faaqira | backbreaking | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ٢٧١
الْفُقَرَاءَ l-fuqarāa · (to) the poor
If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:271)
لِلْفُقَرَاءِ الَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي الْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ ٢٧٣
لِلْفُقَرَاءِ lil'fuqarāi · For the poor
[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allāh, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:273)
الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَاللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلًا وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٦٨
الْفَقْرَ l-faqra · [the] poverty
Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allāh promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:268)
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ ٢٥
فَاقِرَةٌ fāqiratun · backbreaking
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking. (Surah Al-Qiyamah, 75:25)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 1×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 1×
- Surah An-Nur · 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.