# Ayn-Kaf-Lam — عقل (Eql)

> Occurs in 49 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To bind, keep back, be intelligent, become wise, understand, pay the blood price for anyone, ascend on the summit of a mountain, use understanding, abstain.
- **Derived forms:** عَقَلُ (49)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Ata/muroona annasa bilbirriwatansawna anfusakum waantum tatloona alkitaba afalataAAqiloon

Enjoin you virtue upon mankind, and forget yourselves when you recite the Writ? Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-44.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "use your intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَاۜ   كَذٰلِكَ يُحْـيِ اللّٰهُ الْمَوْتٰى وَيُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Faqulna idriboohu bibaAAdihakathalika yuhyee Allahu almawtawayureekum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

And We said: “Strike it in some of them.” Thus gives God life to the dead, and shows His proofs to you, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-73.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** عَقَلُوهُ — ʿaqalūhu · "they understood it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَفَتَطْمَعُونَ اَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَامَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

AfatatmaAAoona an yu/minoo lakumwaqad kana fareequn minhum yasmaAAoona kalama Allahithumma yuharrifoonahu min baAAdi ma AAaqaloohuwahum yaAAlamoon

Do you hope that they will believe you? And a faction among them had heard the word of God, then twisted it after they had understood it, when they knew.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-75.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا لَقُوا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّاۚ وَاِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍ قَالُٓوا اَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِمَا فَتَحَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَٓاجُّوكُمْ بِه۪ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalabaAAduhum ila baAAdin qaloo atuhaddithoonahumbima fataha Allahu AAalaykum liyuhajjookumbihi AAinda rabbikum afala taAAqiloon

And when they meet those who heed warning, they say: “We believe.” But when they are alone with one another, they say: “Do you recount to them what God has revealed to you, that they might argue against you before your Lord?” Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-76.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 164

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who use their intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْفُلْكِ الَّت۪ي تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَٓابَّةٍۖ وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّحَابِ الْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna fee khalqi assamawatiwal-ardi wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwalfulki allatee tajree fee albahri bimayanfaAAu annasa wama anzala Allahumina assama-i min ma-in faahyabihi al-arda baAAda mawtiha wabaththa feehamin kulli dabbatin watasreefi arriyahiwassahabi almusakhkhari bayna assama-iwal-ardi laayatin liqawminyaAAqiloon

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, and the ship which runs in the sea with what benefits men, and what God sent down of water from the sky then gave life thereby to the earth after its death, and spread therein every creature, and in the circulation of the winds and the clouds made subject between the heaven and the earth are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-164.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 170

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ قَالُوا بَلْ نَـتَّبِـعُ مَٓا اَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ اٰبَٓاءَنَاۜ اَوَلَوْ كَانَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo maanzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma alfaynaAAalayhi abaana awa law kana abaohumla yaAAqiloona shay-an wala yahtadoon

And when it is said to them: “Follow what God has sent down,” they say: “Nay, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers,” — even though their fathers did not reason, nor were they guided?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-170.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذ۪ي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ اِلَّا دُعَٓاءً وَنِدَٓاءًۜ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamathalu allatheena kafarookamathali allathee yanAAiqu bima la yasmaAAuilla duAAaan wanidaan summun bukmunAAumyun fahum la yaAAqiloon

And the likeness of those who ignore warning is as the likeness of one who yells to what hears not save a call and a shout: deaf, dumb, blind, so they do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-171.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 242

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "use your intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

Thus does God make plain to you His proofs, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-242.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use your intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تُحَٓاجُّونَ ف۪ٓي اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَتِ التَّوْرٰيةُ وَالْاِنْج۪يلُ اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya ahla alkitabi lima tuhajjoonafee ibraheema wama onzilati attawratuwal-injeelu illa min baAAdihi afalataAAqiloon

O doctors of the Law: why dispute you about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel were sent down only after him? Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-65.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "(to use) reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالاًۜ وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُّمْۚ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَٓاءُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ وَمَا تُخْف۪ي صُدُورُهُمْ اَكْـبَرُۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo bitanatan min doonikum laya/loonakum khabalan waddoo ma AAanittum qad badatialbaghdao min afwahihim wama tukhfee sudooruhumakbaru qad bayyanna lakumu al-ayati inkuntum taAAqiloon

O you who heed warning: take not as intimates other than your own; they will not spare you ruin. They would that you should suffer. Hatred has already become clear from their mouths, and what their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain the proofs to you, if you will use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-118.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ اِلَى الصَّلٰوةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُواً وَلَعِباًۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Wa-itha nadaytum ila assalatiittakhathooha huzuwan walaAAiban thalikabi-annahum qawmun la yaAAqiloon

And when you call to the duty they take it in mockery and fun, for it is that they are people who do not reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-58.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَح۪يرَةٍ وَلَا سَٓائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَص۪يلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍۙ وَلٰكِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Ma jaAAala Allahu min baheeratinwala sa-ibatin wala waseelatin walahamin walakinna allatheena kafarooyaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathibawaaktharuhum la yaAAqiloon

God appointed not any baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām — but those who ignore warning invent lies about God; and most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-103.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "(will) you reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌۜ وَلَلدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّقُونَۜ  اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wama alhayatu addunyailla laAAibun walahwun waladdaru al-akhiratikhayrun lillatheena yattaqoona afala taAAqiloon

And the life of this world is only play and diversion; and the abode of the Hereafter is better for those of prudent fear. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-32.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 151

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ تَعَالَوْا اَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ اَلَّا تُشْرِكُوا بِه۪ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسَاناًۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُٓوا اَوْلَادَكُمْ مِنْ اِمْلَاقٍۜ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَاِيَّاهُمْۚ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّت۪ي حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۜ ذٰلِكُمْ وَصّٰيكُمْ بِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Qul taAAalaw atlu ma harramarabbukum AAalaykum alla tushrikoo bihi shay-an wabilwalidayniihsanan wala taqtuloo awladakum minimlaqin nahnu narzuqukum wa-iyyahum walataqraboo alfawahisha ma thahara minhawama batana wala taqtuloo annafsaallatee harrama Allahu illa bilhaqqithalikum wassakum bihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

Say thou: “Come, I will recite what your Lord has made unlawful for you: that you ascribe a partnership with Him ­­to anything (while towards parents good conduct); and kill not your children out of poverty,” — We will provide for you and for them — “and approach not sexual immoralities, whether open or concealed; and kill not the soul which God has made unlawful save with justice; ­— that He enjoined upon you, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-151.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 169

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الْكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هٰذَا الْاَدْنٰى وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَاۚ وَاِنْ يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُۜ اَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِمْ م۪يثَاقُ الْكِتَابِ اَنْ لَا يَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا ف۪يهِۜ وَالدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّقُونَۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun warithooalkitaba ya/khuthoona AAarada hathaal-adna wayaqooloona sayughfaru lana wa-in ya/tihimAAaradun mithluhu ya/khuthoohu alam yu/khathAAalayhim meethaqu alkitabi an la yaqoolooAAala Allahi illa alhaqqa wadarasoo mafeehi waddaru al-akhiratu khayrun lillatheenayattaqoona afala taAAqiloon

And there followed after them successors who inherited the Writ, taking the goods of this fleeting life, and saying: “It will be forgiven us.” And if there come to them goods the like thereof, they will take them. Has there not been taken from them an agreement to the Writ, that they ascribe not to God save the truth, and that they study what is therein? And the abode of the Hereafter is better for those of prudent fear. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-169.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "use (their) intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَٓابِّ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna sharra addawabbi AAindaAllahi assummu albukmu allatheena layaAAqiloon

The worst of beasts in the sight of God are the deaf, the dumb — those who do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-22.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ لَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَٓا اَدْرٰيكُمْ بِه۪ۘ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ ف۪يكُمْ عُمُراً مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Qul law shaa Allahu matalawtuhu AAalaykum wala adrakum bihi faqadlabithtu feekum AAumuran min qablihi afala taAAqiloon

Say thou: “Had God willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you; for I had tarried among you a lifetime before it.” Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-16.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ اِلَيْكَۜ اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِـعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Waminhum man yastamiAAoona ilayka afaantatusmiAAu assumma walaw kanoo layaAAqiloon

And among them are some who listen to thee — canst thou make the deaf to hear, though they do not reason?

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-42.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ اَنْ تُؤْمِنَ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَيَجْعَلُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Wama kana linafsin an tu/minailla bi-ithni Allahi wayajAAalu arrijsaAAala allatheena la yaAAqiloon

And it is for a soul to believe only by the leave of God; and He appoints abomination for those who do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-100.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَا قَوْمِ لَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ اَجْراًۜ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلَى الَّذ۪ي فَطَرَن۪يۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya qawmi la as-alukum AAalayhiajran in ajriya illa AAala allathee fataraneeafala taAAqiloon

“O my people: I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon Him who created me. Will you then not use reason!”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-51.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّٓا اَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْءٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لَعَلَّـكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Inna anzalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloon

We have sent it down as an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-2.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالاً نُوح۪ٓي اِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰىۜ اَفَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ وَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْاۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wama arsalna min qablika illarijalan noohee ilayhim min ahli alquraafalam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimwaladaru al-akhirati khayrun lillatheenaittaqaw afala taAAqiloon

And We sent before thee only men to whom We revealed from among the people of the cities. (So have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those who were before them? And the abode of the Hereafter is best for those who are in prudent fear; will you then not use reason!)

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-109.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَفِي الْاَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخ۪يلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقٰى بِمَٓاءٍ وَاحِدٍ۠ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فِي الْاُكُلِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wafee al-ardi qitaAAun mutajawiratunwajannatun min aAAnabin wazarAAun wanakheelun sinwanunwaghayru sinwanin yusqa bima-in wahidinwanufaddilu baAAdaha AAala baAAdinfee alokuli inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the earth are tracts adjacent to one another; and gardens of grapevines, and crops, and date-palms with roots shared and independent — watered with one water; and some of them We make exceed in food others; in that are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-4.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۙ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۜ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَۙ

Wasakhkhara lakumu allayla wannaharawashshamsa walqamara wannujoomumusakhkharatun bi-amrihi inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And He made subject for you the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; and the stars are made subject by His command — in that are proofs for people who reason —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-12.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخ۪يلِ وَالْاَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَراً وَرِزْقاً حَسَناًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamin thamarati annakheeli wal-aAAnabitattakhithoona minhu sakaran warizqan hasanan innafee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaAAqiloon

And of the fruits of the date-palms and grapevines: you take therefrom an intoxicant, and goodly provision. In that is a proof for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-67.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَقَدْ اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكُمْ كِتَاباً ف۪يهِ ذِكْرُكُمْۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitabanfeehi thikrukum afala taAAqiloon

We have sent down to you a Writ wherein is your remembrance; will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-10.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اُفٍّ لَكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Offin lakum walima taAAbudoona mindooni Allahi afala taAAqiloon

“Fie upon you and all that you serve besides God! Will you then not use reason!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-67.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "(to) reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَفَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَٓا اَوْ اٰذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَاۚ فَاِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْاَبْصَارُ وَلٰكِنْ تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّت۪ي فِي الصُّدُورِ

Afalam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fatakoonalahum quloobun yaAAqiloona biha aw athanunyasmaAAoona biha fa-innaha la taAAmaal-absaru walakin taAAma alquloobu allateefee assudoor

(Have they not travelled in the earth and had hearts with which to reason, or ears with which to hear? And it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-46.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wahuwa allathee yuhyeewayumeetu walahu ikhtilafu allayli wannahariafala taAAqiloon

And He it is that gives life, and gives death; and His is the alternation of night and day. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-80.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَيْسَ عَلَى الْاَعْمٰى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْاَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَر۪يضِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اٰبَٓائِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اِخْوَانِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اَخَوَاتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اَعْمَامِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ عَمَّاتِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ اَخْوَالِكُمْ اَوْ بُيُوتِ خَالَاتِكُمْ اَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُمْ مَفَاتِحَهُٓ اَوْ صَد۪يقِكُمْۜ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ تَأْكُلُوا جَم۪يعاً اَوْ اَشْتَاتاًۜ فَاِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ بُيُوتاً فَسَلِّمُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِكُمْ تَحِيَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُبَارَكَةً طَيِّبَةًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Laysa AAala al-aAAma harajunwala AAala al-aAAraji harajun walaAAala almareedi harajun wala AAalaanfusikum an ta/kuloo min buyootikum aw buyooti aba-ikumaw buyooti ommahatikum aw buyooti ikhwanikum awbuyooti akhawatikum aw buyooti aAAmamikum awbuyooti AAammatikum aw buyooti akhwalikum awbuyooti khalatikum aw ma malaktum mafatihahuaw sadeeqikum laysa AAalaykum junahun an ta/kuloojameeAAan aw ashtatan fa-itha dakhaltum buyootanfasallimoo AAala anfusikum tahiyyatan min AAindiAllahi mubarakatan tayyibatan kathalikayubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayati laAAallakumtaAAqiloon

No blame is there upon the blind, nor any blame upon the lame, nor any blame upon the sick, nor upon yourselves, that you eat of your houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your paternal uncles, or the houses of your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles, or the houses of your maternal aunts, or that whereof you hold the keys, or of your friend; you do no wrong to eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, greet one another with a greeting from God, blessed and good. Thus God makes plain to you the proofs, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-61.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ — yaʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَمْ تَحْسَبُ اَنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ اَوْ يَعْقِلُونَۜ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا كَالْاَنْـعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ اَضَلُّ سَب۪يلاً۟

Am tahsabu anna aktharahumyasmaAAoona aw yaAAqiloona in hum illa kal-anAAamibal hum adallu sabeela

If thou thinkest that most of them hear or reason — they are only as the cattle; nay, they are further astray in the path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-44.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "(to) reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۜ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Qala rabbu almashriqi walmaghribiwama baynahuma in kuntum taAAqiloon

He said: “The Lord of the East and the West, and what is between them; if you use reason––”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-28.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَز۪ينَتُهَاۚ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْقٰىۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Wama ooteetum min shay-in famataAAualhayati addunya wazeenatuhawama AAinda Allahi khayrun waabqa afalataAAqiloon

And what you have been given of anything is the enjoyment of the life of this world and its ornament; and what is with God is better and more enduring. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-60.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَقَدْ تَرَكْنَا مِنْهَٓا اٰيَةً بَيِّنَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Walaqad tarakna minha ayatanbayyinatan liqawmin yaAAqiloon

And We have left thereof a proof as clear evidence for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-35.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُهَآ — yaʿqiluhā · "will understand them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَتِلْكَ الْاَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا يَعْقِلُـهَٓا اِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ

Watilka al-amthalu nadribuhalinnasi wama yaAAqiluha illaalAAalimoon

And those similitudes — We strike them for mankind, but none will understand them save those of knowledge.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-43.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۜ  قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ۟

Wala-in saaltahum man nazzala mina assama-imaan faahya bihi al-arda min baAAdimawtiha layaqoolunna Allahu quli alhamdulillahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAqiloon

And if thou askest them: “Who sends down water from the sky, and therewith gives life to the earth after its death?” they will say: “God.” Say thou: “Praise belongs to God.” The truth is, most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-63.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who use intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ يُر۪يكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَيُحْـي۪ بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamin ayatihi yureekumualbarqa khawfan watamaAAan wayunazzilu mina assama-imaan fayuhyee bihi al-arda baAAda mawtihainna fee thalika laayatin liqawminyaAAqiloon

And among His proofs He shows you the lightning as fear and hope, and sends down water from the sky and gives thereby life to the earth after its death; in that are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-24.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "(who) use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ضَرَبَ لَكُمْ مَثَلاً مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ هَلْ لَكُمْ مِنْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ مِنْ شُرَكَٓاءَ ف۪ي مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ فَاَنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ سَوَٓاءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخ۪يفَتِكُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Daraba lakum mathalan min anfusikumhal lakum mimma malakat aymanukum min shurakaafee ma razaqnakum faantum feehi sawaon takhafoonahumkakheefatikum anfusakum kathalika nufassilu al-ayatiliqawmin yaAAqiloon

He strikes for you a similitude from yourselves: — have you from among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you, so that you are equal therein, you fearing them as you fear each other? Thus do We set out and detail the proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-28.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَقَدْ اَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَث۪يراًۜ اَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْقِلُونَ

Walaqad adalla minkum jibillankatheeran afalam takoonoo taAAqiloon

“And he led astray among you a great multitude. Did you then not use reason?

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-62.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "they use intellect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَنْ نُعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِۜ اَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Waman nuAAammirhu nunakkis-hu fee alkhalqiafala yaAAqiloon

And to whom We give long life, We reverse him in creation. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-68.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "you use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَبِالَّيْلِۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Wabillayli afala taAAqiloon

And at night. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-138.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "they understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَمِ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ شُفَعَٓاءَۜ  قُلْ اَوَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Ami ittakhathoo min dooni AllahishufaAAaa qul awa law kanoo la yamlikoonashay-an wala yaAAqiloon

If they have taken intercessors besides God, say thou: “Even though they have not power over anything?” But they do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-43.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "use reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخاًۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفّٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَجَلاً مُسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Huwa allathee khalaqakum min turabinthumma min nutfatin thumma min AAalaqatin thummayukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum thummalitakoonoo shuyookhan waminkum man yutawaffa min qabluwalitablughoo ajalan musamman walaAAallakum taAAqiloon

He it is that created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing; then He brings you forth as a child; then that you reach your maturity; then that you become old — and among you is he who is caused to die before — and that you reach a stated term, and that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-67.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْءٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَۚ

Inna jaAAalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona

We have made it an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-3.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "who reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwama anzala Allahu mina assama-i minrizqin faahya bihi al-arda baAAda mawtihawatasreefi arriyahi ayatunliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the alternation of night and day, and in what God sends down from the sky of provision and gives life thereby to the earth after its death, and in the circulation of the winds are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-5.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ الْحُجُرَاتِ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna allatheena yunadoonaka minwara-i alhujurati aktharuhum layaAAqiloon

Those who call to thee from behind the chambers, most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-4.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْقِلُونَ — taʿqilūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحْـيِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۜ  قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

IAAlamoo anna Allaha yuhyeeal-arda baAAda mawtiha qad bayyanna lakumual-ayati laAAallakum taAAqiloon

Know that God gives life to the earth after its death. We have made plain the proofs to you, that you might use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-17.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْقِلُونَ — yaʿqilūna · "they reason"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ جَم۪يعاً اِلَّا ف۪ي قُرًى مُحَصَّنَةٍ اَوْ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ جُدُرٍۜ بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَد۪يدٌۜ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَم۪يعاً وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتّٰىۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَۚ

La yuqatiloonakum jameeAAanilla fee quran muhassanatin aw min wara-ijudurin ba/suhum baynahum shadeedun tahsabuhum jameeAAanwaquloobuhum shatta thalika bi-annahum qawmun layaAAqiloon

They will not fight you all together save in fortified cities or from behind walls. Their might is strong among themselves. Thou thinkest them together, but their hearts are diverse; for it is that they are people who do not reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-14.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** نَعْقِلُ — naʿqilu · "reasoned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ اَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا ف۪ٓي اَصْحَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

Waqaloo law kunna nasmaAAu awnaAAqilu ma kunna fee as-habi assaAAeer

And they will say: “Had we listened, or used reason, we would not be among the companions of the Inferno.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-10.md_

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