# Ha-Ra-Kaf — حرق (Hrq)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To burn by pulling in the fire, scorch. To file a thing, to rub one part of a thing with another, to grind (the teeth), make a grating sound by grinding the teeth, eat to the uttermost, to be evil in disposition, make a mark or impression upon a thing with fire, burn a person or thing with fire, to burn a thing or person repeatedly or frequently, cause burning pain, to afflict/distress/annoy/molest/hurt a person or people, to blame or upbraid or reproach a person, detract from one's reputation, nip/shrink/shrivel/blast herbage (cold air or weather), destroy/perish a person or thing, to burn or become burnt.
- **Derived forms:** حَرِّقُ (3) · حَرِيق (5) · ٱحْتَرَقَتْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 266

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ ۗ — fa-iḥ'taraqat · "then it is burnt"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ لَهُ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَٓاءُۖ فَاَصَابَهَٓا اِعْصَارٌ ف۪يهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahujannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu lahu feeha min kulli aththamaratiwaasabahu alkibaru walahu thurriyyatun duAAafaofaasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun fahtaraqatkathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayatilaAAallakum tatafakkaroon

Would one of you wish to have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, beneath which rivers flow, he having every fruit therein?[...]. And old age befell him, and he had weak progeny, and a cyclone wherein was fire befell it, and it was burned up. Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might give thought.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-266.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 181

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرِيقِ — l-ḥarīqi · "(of) the Burning Fire"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَقَدْ سَمِـعَ اللّٰهُ قَوْلَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ فَق۪يرٌ وَنَحْنُ اَغْنِيَٓاءُۢ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْاَنْبِيَٓاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۙ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَر۪يقِ

Laqad samiAAa Allahu qawla allatheenaqaloo inna Allaha faqeerun wanahnu aghniyaonsanaktubu ma qaloo waqatlahumu al-anbiyaabighayri haqqin wanaqoolu thooqoo AAathabaalhareeq

God has heard the saying of those who say: “God is poor, and we are rich.” We will record what they say, and their killing of the prophets without cause; (and We will say: “Taste the punishment of the consuming fire

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-181.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرِيقِ — l-ḥarīqi · "(of) the Blazing Fire"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ يَتَوَفَّى الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۙ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَاَدْبَارَهُمْۚ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَر۪يقِ

Walaw tara ith yatawaffaallatheena kafaroo almala-ikatu yadriboonawujoohahum waadbarahum wathooqoo AAathaba alhareeq

And if thou couldst see when the angels take those who ignore warning, striking their faces and their backs:[...]. — “And taste the punishment of the consuming fire

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-50.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ — lanuḥarriqannahu · "Surely we will burn it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ اَنْ تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَاِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِداً لَنْ تُخْلَفَهُۚ  وَانْظُرْ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِكَ الَّذ۪ي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفاًۜ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفاً

Qala fathhab fa-innalaka fee alhayati an taqoola la misasawa-inna laka mawAAidan lan tukhlafahu wanthurila ilahika allathee thaltaAAalayhi AAakifan lanuharriqannahu thummalanansifannahu fee alyammi nasfa

He said: “Then go thou, for in this life it is for thee to say: ‘Outcast!’ And there is for thee an appointment thou canst not fail to keep. And look thou upon thy god to which thou remainedst devoted! We will burn it; then will we scatter it in the sea with a blast.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-97.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** حَرِّقُوهُ — ḥarriqūhu · "Burn him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

قَالُوا حَرِّقُوهُ وَانْصُرُٓوا اٰلِهَتَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِل۪ينَ

Qaloo harriqoohu wansurooalihatakum in kuntum faAAileen

They said: “Burn him, and support your gods, if you are doers!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-68.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرِيقِ — l-ḥarīqi · "(of) the Burning Fire"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

ثَانِيَ عِطْفِه۪ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَنُذ۪يقُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عَذَابَ الْحَر۪يقِ

Thaniya AAitfihi liyudillaAAan sabeeli Allahi lahu fee addunyakhizyun wanutheequhu yawma alqiyamati AAathabaalhareeq

Turning aside proudly to lead away from the path of God. For him in the World is disgrace; and on the Day of Resurrection We will let him taste the punishment of the consuming fire:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-9.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرِيقِ — l-ḥarīqi · "(of) the Burning Fire"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

كُلَّمَٓا اَرَادُٓوا اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ اُع۪يدُوا ف۪يهَا وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَر۪يقِ۟

Kullama aradoo an yakhrujoominha min ghammin oAAeedoo feeha wathooqooAAathaba alhareeq

Whenever they desire to come out therefrom — from anguish — they will be returned thereto: “And taste the punishment of the consuming fire!”

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

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** حَرِّقُوهُ — ḥarriqūhu · "burn him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا اقْتُلُوهُ اَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَاَنْجٰيهُ اللّٰهُ مِنَ النَّارِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Fama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo oqtuloohu aw harriqoohufaanjahu Allahu mina annari inna feethalika laayatin liqawmin yu/minoon

Then the response of his people was only that they said: “Kill him, or burn him!” But God delivered him from the fire; in that are proofs for people who believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-24.md_

### 85. Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرِيقِ — l-ḥarīqi · "(of) the Burning Fire"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَر۪يقِۜ

Inna allatheena fatanoo almu/mineenawalmu/minati thumma lam yatooboo falahum AAathabujahannama walahum AAathabu alhareeq

Those who subject the believing men and the believing women to means of denial, then repent not: they have the punishment of Gehenna — and they have the punishment of the consuming fire.

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

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