# Be-Kef-Ye — بكي (bky)

> Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Wept, lamented/grieved, shed tears, crying, cause to weep, rain, unable to speak.
- **Derived forms:** أَبْكَىٰ (1) · بَكَتْ (5) · بُكِيّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** وَلْيَبْكُوا۟ — walyabkū · "and let them weep"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلْيَضْحَكُوا قَل۪يلاً وَلْيَبْكُوا كَث۪يراًۚ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Falyadhakoo qaleelan walyabkookatheeran jazaan bima kanoo yaksiboon

Then let them laugh a little and weep much, as reward for what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-82.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** يَبْكُونَ — yabkūna · "weeping"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَجَٓاؤُٓ۫ اَبَاهُمْ عِشَٓاءً يَبْكُونَۜ

Wajaoo abahum AAishaanyabkoon

And they came to their father in the evening, weeping.

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

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** يَبْكُونَ — yabkūna · "weeping"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَز۪يدُهُمْ خُشُوعاً

Wayakhirroona lil-athqaniyabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAa

And they fall on their faces weeping; and it increases them in humility.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-109.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** وَبُكِيًّۭا ۩ — wabukiyyan · "and weeping"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَنْعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيّ۪نَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ اٰدَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۘ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْرَٓائ۪لَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَاجْتَبَيْنَاۜ اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُ الرَّحْمٰنِ خَرُّوا سُجَّداً وَبُكِياًّ

Ola-ika allatheena anAAama AllahuAAalayhim mina annabiyyeena min thurriyyati adamawamimman hamalna maAAa noohin wamin thurriyyatiibraheema wa-isra-eela wamimman hadayna wajtabaynaitha tutla AAalayhim ayatu arrahmanikharroo sujjadan wabukiyya

Those are they whom God favoured among the prophets of the progeny of Adam, and of those We bore with Noah, and of the progeny of Abraham and Israel, and of those We guided and chose. When the proofs of the Almighty were recited to them, they fell down in submission weeping.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-58.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** بَكَتْ — bakat · "wept"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَٓاءُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَر۪ينَ۟

Fama bakat AAalayhimu assamaowal-ardu wama kanoo munthareen

And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they granted respite,

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-29.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْكَىٰ — wa-abkā · "and makes (one) weep"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَنَّهُ هُوَ اَضْحَكَ وَاَبْكٰىۙ

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

And that it is He who makes laugh, and makes weep,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-43.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** تَبْكُونَ — tabkūna · "weep"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَۙ

Watadhakoona wala tabkoon

And laugh, and not weep,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-60.md_

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