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146 times in the Quran · 16 word forms · rank 76
The Quran root ل ق ي l-q-y
Words built from the root ل ق ي ([l-q-y]) appear 146 times in the Quran. The most common is أَلْقَى, “throw”, which comes 71 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَلْقَى | alqaa | throw · you throw | 71 | |
| لِقاء | liqaa’ | meeting · meeting with Us | 24 | |
| لَقُ | laqu | you meet · they meet | 14 | |
| الْتَقَى | al-taqaa | met · which met | 7 | |
| لَقَّى | laqqaa | it is granted · they will be met | 6 | |
| تَلَقَّى | talaqqaa | received · will meet them | 4 | |
| مُلاقُوا | mulaaquwaa | will meet · meet Him | 4 | |
| تِلْقاء | tilqaa’ | towards · own accord | 3 | |
| مُلْقي | mulqy | ones to throw · throw | 3 | |
| يُلاقُ | yulaaqu | they meet | 3 | |
| مُلاقِي | mulaaqii | meet you · you meet Him | 2 | |
| لاقِي | laaqii | meet it | 1 | |
| تَلاق | talaaq | Meeting | 1 | |
| مُتَلَقِّيان | mutalaqqiyaan | two receivers | 1 | |
| مُلاق | mulaaq | meet | 1 | |
| مُلْقِيَة | mulqiya | those who bring down | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَأَنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ وَأَحْسِنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٩٥
تُلْقُوا tul'qū · throw (yourselves)
And spend in the way of Allāh and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:195)
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَامَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ ٤٤
يُلْقُونَ yul'qūna · they cast
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:44)
قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ اللَّهِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُوا يَا حَسْرَتَنَا عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَا وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ أَوْزَارَهُمْ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِمْ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ ٣١
بِلِقَاءِ biliqāi · in (the) meeting
Those will have lost who deny the meeting with Allāh, until when the Hour [of resurrection] comes upon them unexpectedly, they will say, "Oh, [how great is] our regret over what we neglected concerning it [i.e., the Hour]," while they bear their burdens [i.e., sins] on their backs. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:31)
وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ ١٤
لَقُوا laqū · they meet
And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:14)
قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ آيَةٌ فِي فِئَتَيْنِ الْتَقَتَا فِئَةٌ تُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَأُخْرَىٰ كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِ وَاللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ ١٣
الْتَقَتَا l-taqatā · which met
Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met [in combat at Badr] - one fighting in the cause of Allāh and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight. But Allāh supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:13)
أُولَٰئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ الْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَامًا ٧٥
وَيُلَقَّوْنَ wayulaqqawna · and they will be met
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace, (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:75)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 11×
- Surah Taha · 10×
- Surah Yunus · 8×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 7×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 7×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 7×
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.