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23 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 372
The Quran root غ ر ق gh-r-q
Words built from the root غ ر ق ([gh-r-q]) appear 23 times in the Quran. The most common is أُغْرِقُ, “We drowned”, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أُغْرِقُ | ughriqu | We drowned · We drowned them | 17 | |
| مُغْرَق | mughraq | drowned · ones drowned | 4 | |
| غَرَق | gharaq | drowning | 1 | |
| غَرْق | gharq | violently | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٠
وَأَغْرَقْنَا wa-aghraqnā · and We drowned
And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:50)
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا عَمِينَ ٦٤
وَأَغْرَقْنَا wa-aghraqnā · And We drowned
But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:64)
وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَاطِبْنِي فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ ٣٧
مُّغْرَقُونَ mugh'raqūna · the ones (to be) drowned
And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned." (Surah Hud, 11:37)
وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ٩٠
الْغَرَقُ l-gharaqu · the drowning
And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims." (Surah Yunus, 10:90)
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ١
غَرْقًا gharqan · violently
By those [angels] who extract with violence (Surah An-Nazi'at, 79:1)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah Yunus · 2×
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 2×
- Surah Hud · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 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.