# Be-Kef-Ra — بكر (bkr)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Virginity, first time, going early, going early in the morning, waking up early in the morning, morning time, young camel, young female camel, female camel that has never given birth
- **Derived forms:** إِبْكَٰر (2) · بِكْر (3) · بُكْرَة (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** بِكْرٌ — bik'run · "young"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌۜ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَۜ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu yaqooluinnaha baqaratun la faridun walabikrun AAawanun bayna thalika fafAAaloo matu/maroon

They said: “Call thou to thy Lord for us, that He make plain to us what she is.” He said: “He says: ‘She is a heifer neither old nor young, middling between that,’ so do what you are commanded.”

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

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ — wal-ib'kāri · "and (in) the morning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ ل۪ٓي اٰيَةًۜ قَالَ اٰيَتُكَ اَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلٰثَةَ اَيَّامٍ اِلَّا رَمْزاًۜ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ كَث۪يراً وَسَبِّـحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِبْكَارِ۟

Qala rabbi ijAAal lee ayatan qalaayatuka alla tukallima annasa thalathataayyamin illa ramzan wathkur rabbakakatheeran wasabbih bilAAashiyyi wal-ibkar

Said he: “My Lord: make Thou for me a proof.” He said: “Thy proof is that thou shalt not speak to men three days save by gestures. And remember thou thy Lord much, and give thou glory in the evening and the morning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-41.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةًۭ — buk'ratan · "(in) the morning"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

فَخَرَجَ عَلٰى قَوْمِه۪ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَاَوْحٰٓى اِلَيْهِمْ اَنْ سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِياًّ

Fakharaja AAala qawmihi mina almihrabifaawha ilayhim an sabbihoo bukratan waAAashiyya

And he went out to his people from the chamber and instructed them: “Give you glory morning and evening!”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-11.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةًۭ — buk'ratan · "morning"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ف۪يهَا لَغْواً اِلَّا سَلَاماًۜ وَلَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ ف۪يهَا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِياًّ

La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwanilla salaman walahum rizquhum feeha bukratanwaAAashiyya

They will hear therein no vain speech; only: “Peace!” And they will have therein provision morning and evening.)

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-62.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةًۭ — buk'ratan · "morning"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالُٓوا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلٰى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleenaiktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseela

And they say: “Legends of the former peoples he has written, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.”

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

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةًۭ — buk'ratan · "morning"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Wasabbihoohu bukratan waaseela

And give glory to Him morning and evening.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-42.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ — wal-ib'kāri · "and the morning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاصْبِرْ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَسَبِّـحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِبْكَارِ

Fasbir inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wastaghfir lithanbika wasabbihbihamdi rabbika bilAAashiyyi wal-ibkar

So be thou patient; the promise of God is true. And ask thou forgiveness for thy transgression; and give thou glory with the praise of thy Lord evening and morning.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-55.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةًۭ — buk'ratan · "morning"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُۜ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Litu/minoo billahi warasoolihiwatuAAazziroohu watuwaqqiroohu watusabbihoohu bukratan waaseela

That you might believe in God and His messenger, and support him and honour him — and give glory to Him morning and evening.

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

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةً — buk'ratan · "early"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُسْتَقِرٌّۚ

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr

And in the early morning there came upon them an abiding punishment:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-38.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** أَبْكَارًا — abkāran · "virgins"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ اَبْكَاراًۙ

FajaAAalnahunna abkara

And made them virgins,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-36.md_

### 66. Surah At-Tahrim, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْكَارًۭا — wa-abkāran · "and virgins"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

عَسٰى رَبُّهُٓ اِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ اَنْ يُبْدِلَهُٓ  اَزْوَاجاً خَيْراً مِنْكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ قَانِتَاتٍ تَٓائِبَاتٍ عَابِدَاتٍ سَٓائِحَاتٍ ثَيِّبَاتٍ وَاَبْكَاراً

AAasa rabbuhu in tallaqakunnaan yubdilahu azwajan khayran minkunna muslimatinmu/minatin qanitatin ta-ibatinAAabidatin sa-ihatin thayyibatinwaabkara

It may be that his Lord — if he divorces you — will give him in exchange wives better than you: women submitted, believing, humbly obedient, penitent, serving, journeying, previously married, and virgins.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tahrim/verse-5.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْرَةًۭ — buk'ratan · "morning"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاًۚ

Wathkuri isma rabbikabukratan waaseela

And remember thou the name of thy Lord morning and evening.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-25.md_

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