13 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 484

The Quran root ر ك ع r-k-ʿ

Words built from the root ر ك ع ([r-k-ʿ]) appear 13 times in the Quran. The most common is راكِع, “those who bow down”, which comes 8 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
راكِع	raakiʿ	those who bow down · bowing	8
يَرْكَعُ	yarkaʿu	bow down · Bow	5

Examples from the Quran

وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ ٤٣

الرَّاكِعِينَ l-rākiʿīna · those who bow down

And establish prayer and give zakāh and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:43)

وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ ١٢٥

وَالرُّكَّعِ wal-rukaʿi · and those who bow down

And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:125)

يَا مَرْيَمُ اقْنُتِي لِرَبِّكِ وَاسْجُدِي وَارْكَعِي مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ ٤٣

وَارْكَعِي wa-ir'kaʿī · and bow down

O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer]." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:43)

Surahs where it comes most

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.