# Elif-Be-Kaf — ابق (Abq)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Abq

- **Meaning:** To run away, fled, went away, he confined/concealed/restricted himself, runaway/fugitive.
- **Derived forms:** أَبَقَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 140

- **Form in this verse:** أَبَقَ — abaqa · "he ran away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِذْ اَبَقَ اِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِۙ

Ith abaqa ila alfulki almashhoon

When he fled to the laden ship,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-140.md_

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