# Ayn-Kaf-Ra — عقر (Eqr)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To cut, to wound, to slay, to hamstring, to produce no result, to be barren (e.g. womb)
- **Derived forms:** عَاقِر (3) · عَقَرَ (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** عَاقِرٌۭ ۖ — ʿāqirun · "(is) [a] barren"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِيَ الْكِبَرُ وَامْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِرٌۜ قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اللّٰهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun waqad balaghaniya alkibaru wamraatee AAaqirunqala kathalika Allahu yafAAalu mayasha/

Said he: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when old age has reached me and my wife is barren?” He said: “Thus is God; He does what He wills.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-40.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَقَرُوا۟ — faʿaqarū · "Then they hamstrung"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

FaAAaqaroo annaqata waAAatawAAan amri rabbihim waqaloo ya salihui/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta minaalmursaleen

And they hamstrung the she-camel; and they scorned the command of their Lord, saying: “O Ṣāliḥ: bring thou us what thou promisest us, if thou be among the emissaries.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-77.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَقَرُوهَا — faʿaqarūhā · "But they hamstrung her"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا ف۪ي دَارِكُمْ ثَلٰثَةَ اَيَّامٍۜ ذٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

FaAAaqarooha faqalatamattaAAoo fee darikum thalathata ayyamin thalikawaAAdun ghayru makthoob

Then they hamstrung her; and he said: “Enjoy yourselves in your homes three days — that is a promise not to be belied.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-65.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** عَاقِرًۭا — ʿāqiran · "barren"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنّ۪ي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَٓاء۪ي وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِراً فَهَبْ ل۪ي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِياًّۚ

Wa-innee khiftu almawaliya min wara-eewakanati imraatee AAaqiran fahab lee min ladunkawaliyya

“But I fear my heirs after me, and my wife is barren, so give Thou me from Thyself an heir

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-5.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** عَاقِرًۭا — ʿāqiran · "barren"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِراً وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِياًّ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqadbalaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyya

He said: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when my wife is barren and I have reached extreme old age?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-8.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَقَرُوهَا — faʿaqarūhā · "But they hamstrung her"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَاَصْبَحُوا نَادِم۪ينَۙ

FaAAaqarooha faasbahoonadimeen

But they hamstrung her, then they became remorseful,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-157.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَقَرَ — faʿaqara · "and hamstrung"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطٰى فَعَقَرَ

Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAatafaAAaqar

Then they called their companion, and he betook himself and did hamstring.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-29.md_

### 91. Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَقَرُوهَا — faʿaqarūhā · "and they hamstrung her"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَاۙۖ فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوّٰيهَاۙۖ

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqaroohafadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

Then they denied him, and hamstrung her; and their Lord destroyed them for their transgression, and He levelled them.)

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shams/verse-14.md_

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