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24 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 369
The Quran root و ق ع w-q-ʿ
Words built from the root و ق ع ([w-q-ʿ]) appear 24 times in the Quran. The most common is وَقَعَ, “fall down”, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَقَعَ | waqaʿa | fall down · fulfilled | 12 | |
| واقِع | waaqiʿ | occur · fall | 6 | |
| واقِعَة | waaqiʿa | Event · Occurrence | 2 | |
| يُوقِعَ | yuuqiʿa | cause | 1 | |
| مُواقِعُو | muwaaqiʿuu | are to fall in it | 1 | |
| وَقْعَت | waqʿat | at its occurrence | 1 | |
| مَواقِع | mawaaqiʿ | setting | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُرَاغَمًا كَثِيرًا وَسَعَةً وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِن بَيْتِهِ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ الْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا ١٠٠
وَقَعَ waqaʿa · (became) incumbent
And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allāh will find on the earth many [alternative] locations and abundance. And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allāh and His Messenger and then death overtakes him - his reward has already become incumbent upon Allāh. And Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:100)
قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ أَتُجَادِلُونَنِي فِي أَسْمَاءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ فَانتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُنتَظِرِينَ ٧١
وَقَعَ waqaʿa · has fallen
[Hūd] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:71)
وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ١٧١
وَاقِعٌ wāqiʿun · (would) fall
And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allāh said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allāh." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:171)
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ١
الْوَاقِعَةُ l-wāqiʿatu · the Event
When the Occurrence occurs, (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:1)
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ ٩١
يُوقِعَ yūqiʿa · cause
Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allāh and from prayer. So will you not desist? (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:91)
وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ٥٣
مُّوَاقِعُوهَا muwāqiʿūhā · are to fall in it
And the criminals will see the Fire and will be certain that they are to fall therein. And they will not find from it a way elsewhere. (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:53)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 4×
- Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 4×
- Surah An-Naml · 2×
- Surah Al-Haqqah · 2×
- Surah An-Nisa · 1×
- Surah Yunus · 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.