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The Quran root ر ف ع r-f-ʿ

Words built from the root ر ف ع ([r-f-ʿ]) appear 29 times in the Quran. The most common is رَفَعَ, “We raised”, which comes 22 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
رَفَعَrafaʿaWe raised · He raised22
مَرْفُوعَةmarfuuʿaraised · Exalted3
رافِعraafiʿraise you1
رَفِيعrafiiʿPossessor of the Highest Ranks1
مَرْفُوعmarfuuʿraised high1
رافِعَةraafiʿaraising up1

Examples from the Quran

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ٦٣

وَرَفَعْنَا warafaʿnā · and We raised

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:63)

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُوا قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِ إِيمَانُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٩٣

وَرَفَعْنَا warafaʿnā · and We raised

And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:93)

وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ ٣٤

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ marfūʿatin · raised

And [upon] beds raised high. (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:34)

إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَىٰ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ ٥٥

وَرَافِعُكَ warāfiʿuka · and raise you

[Mention] when Allāh said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify [i.e., free] you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allāh alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:55)

رَفِيعُ الدَّرَجَاتِ ذُو الْعَرْشِ يُلْقِي الرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ التَّلَاقِ ١٥

رَفِيعُ rafīʿu · Possessor of the Highest Ranks

[He is] the Exalted above [all] degrees, Owner of the Throne; He places the inspiration of His command [i.e., revelation] upon whom He wills of His servants to warn of the Day of Meeting. (Surah Ghafir, 40:15)

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ ٥

الْمَرْفُوعِ l-marfūʿi · raised high

And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high (Surah At-Tur, 52:5)

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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.