# Ha-Ye-Kaf — حيق (Hyq)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To recoil, surround and take hold of, hem in, compass about, come down, overwhelm, enfold, be unavoidable, beset a person or thing (only used in relation to evil), befall someone, cleave to someone and become his due, to envy and hate someone, vehement.
- **Derived forms:** حَاقَ (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَحَاقَ — faḥāqa · "but surrounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Walaqadi istuhzi-a birusulin min qablika fahaqabillatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoobihi yastahzi-oon

And messengers were mocked before thee; then there surrounded those who derided them that whereat they mocked.

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

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and will surround"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَئِنْ اَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ مَعْدُودَةٍ لَيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۜ اَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْت۪يهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفاً عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Wala-in akhkharna AAanhumu alAAathabaila ommatin maAAdoodatin layaqoolunna ma yahbisuhuala yawma ya/teehim laysa masroofan AAanhum wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And if We delay from them the punishment until a reckoned time, they will say: “What detains it?” In truth, the day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them; and there will surround them that whereat they mocked.

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

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and surrounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Faasabahum sayyi-atu maAAamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon

And there befell them the evil deeds that they did, and there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-34.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** فَحَاقَ — faḥāqa · "then surrounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Walaqadi istuhzi-a birusulin min qablika fahaqabillatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoobihi yastahzi-oon

And messengers were mocked before thee; then there surrounded those who derided them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-41.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** يَحِيقُ — yaḥīqu · "encompasses"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِسْتِكْبَاراً فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئِۜ وَلَا يَح۪يقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ اِلَّا بِاَهْلِه۪ۜ فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا سُنَّتَ الْاَوَّل۪ينَۚ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَبْد۪يلاًۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَحْو۪يلاً

Istikbaran fee al-ardi wamakraassayyi-i wala yaheequ almakru assayyi-oilla bi-ahlihi fahal yanthuroona illasunnata al-awwaleena falan tajida lisunnati Allahitabdeelan walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tahweela

Waxing proud in the land, and scheming evil; but the evil scheme surrounds none save its authors. Then look they save for the practice of the former peoples? And thou wilt not find in the practice of God any change; and thou wilt not find in the practice of God any alteration.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-43.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and will surround"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Wabada lahum sayyi-atu makasaboo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon

And there will appear to them the evil deeds they earned, and there will surround them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-48.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and enveloped"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَوَقٰيهُ اللّٰهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا وَحَاقَ بِاٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُٓوءُ الْعَذَابِۚ

Fawaqahu Allahu sayyi-atima makaroo wahaqa bi-ali firAAawna soo-oalAAathab

And God protected him from the evil deeds they schemed, and there encompassed the house of Pharaoh an evil punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-45.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and enveloped"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Falamma jaat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinatifarihoo bima AAindahum mina alAAilmi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

When their messengers came to them with clear signs, they exulted at what they had of knowledge; but there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-83.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and (will) envelop"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Wabada lahum sayyi-atu maAAamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon

And the evil deeds they did will appear to them, and there will surround them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-33.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَاقَ — waḥāqa · "and enveloped"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ ف۪يمَٓا اِنْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ ف۪يهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَاَبْصَاراً وَاَفْـِٔدَةًۘ  فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَفْـِٔدَتُهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِذْ  كَانُوا يَجْحَدُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Walaqad makkannahum feema inmakkannakum feehi wajaAAalna lahum samAAan waabsaranwaaf-idatan fama aghna AAanhum samAAuhum walaabsaruhum wala af-idatuhum min shay-in ith kanooyajhadoona bi-ayati Allahi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And We had established them in that wherein We have not established you, and We gave them hearing and sight and hearts; but their hearing and sight and hearts availed them nothing when they rejected the proofs of God; and there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-26.md_

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