# Be-Kaf-Ra — بقر (bqr)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To cut, to split, to open, to pierce, to investigate, to examine, to comprehend, cow, cattle, ox
- **Derived forms:** بَقَر (3) · بَقَرَة (4) · بَقَرَٰت (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** بَقَرَةًۭ ۖ — baqaratan · "a cow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ اَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةًۜ قَالُٓوا اَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُواًۜ قَالَ اَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ اَنْ اَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi inna Allaha ya/murukum an tathbahoobaqaratan qaloo atattakhithuna huzuwan qalaaAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileen

And when Moses said to his people: “God commands you that you sacrifice a heifer,” they said: “Dost thou take us in mockery?” He said: “I seek refuge in God lest I be of the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-67.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** بَقَرَةٌۭ — baqaratun · "(is) a cow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · 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_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** بَقَرَةٌۭ — baqaratun · "a cow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا لَوْنُهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَٓاءُۙ فَاقِعٌ لَوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ النَّاظِر۪ينَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma lawnuha qala innahuyaqoolu innaha baqaratun safrao faqiAAunlawnuha tasurru annathireen

They said: “Call thou to thy Lord for us that He make plain to us what her hue is.” He said: “He says: ‘She is a yellow heifer; bright is her hue, making glad the beholders.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-69.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَقَرَ — l-baqara · "[the] cows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَۙ اِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَاۜ وَاِنَّٓا اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya inna albaqara tashabahaAAalayna wa-inna in shaa Allahulamuhtadoon

They said: “Call thou to thy Lord for us that He make plain to us what she is; heifers seem alike to us; and, if God wills, we will be guided.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-70.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** بَقَرَةٌۭ — baqaratun · "(is) a cow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ اِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا ذَلُولٌ تُث۪يرُ الْاَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِي الْحَرْثَۚ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَا شِيَةَ ف۪يهَاۜ قَالُوا الْـٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّۜ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ۟

Qala innahu yaqoolu innahabaqaratun la thaloolun tutheeru al-arda walatasqee alhartha musallamatun la shiyata feehaqaloo al-ana ji/ta bilhaqqi fathabahoohawama kadoo yafAAaloon

He said: “He says: ‘She is a heifer neither broken to plough the earth nor to water the tilth, perfect, no blemish on her.’” They said: “Now hast thou brought the truth.” Then they sacrificed her, but they had hardly done it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-71.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 144

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَقَرِ — l-baqari · "the cows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَمِنَ الْاِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِۜ قُلْ آٰلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ اَمِ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِ اَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ اَرْحَامُ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِۜ اَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَٓاءَ اِذْ وَصّٰيكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَاۚ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ۟

Wamina al-ibili ithnayni wamina albaqariithnayni qul aththakarayni harramaami alonthayayni amma ishtamalat AAalayhi arhamualonthayayni am kuntum shuhadaa ith wassakumuAllahu bihatha faman athlamu mimmaniiftara AAala Allahi kathiban liyudillaannasa bighayri AAilmin inna Allaha layahdee alqawma aththalimeen

“And of camels two and of oxen two––” Say thou: “Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females? If what the wombs of the two females contain: — or if you were witnesses when God enjoined this upon you: — then who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, that he might lead people astray without knowledge? God guides not the wrongdoing people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-144.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 146

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَقَرِ — l-baqari · "the cows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَعَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذ۪ي ظُفُرٍۚ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَٓا اِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَٓا اَوِ الْحَوَايَٓا اَوْ مَا اخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍۜ ذٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِبَغْيِهِمْۘ وَاِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

WaAAala allatheena hadooharramna kulla thee thufurinwamina albaqari walghanami harramnaAAalayhim shuhoomahuma illa ma hamalatthuhooruhuma awi alhawayaaw ma ikhtalata biAAathmin thalikajazaynahum bibaghyihim wa-inna lasadiqoon

And to those who hold to Judaism We made unlawful every animal with a claw; and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful to them the fat thereof save what their backs bear, or the entrails, or what is mixed with bone; that We rewarded them for their sectarian zealotry; and We are truthful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-146.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** بَقَرَٰتٍۢ — baqarātin · "cows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰى سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۜ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ي رُءْيَايَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

Waqala almaliku innee arasabAAa baqaratin simanin ya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafunwasabAAa sunbulatin khudrin waokhara yabisatinya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee ru/yaya inkuntum lirru/ya taAAburoon

And the King said: “I dreamed of seven fat cows, which seven lean were eating; and seven green ears of corn and others withered. O eminent ones: advise me concerning my dream, if you can interpret visions.”

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** بَقَرَٰتٍۢ — baqarātin · "cows"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

يُوسُفُ اَيُّهَا الصِّدّ۪يقُ اَفْتِنَا ف۪ي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۙ لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَرْجِعُ اِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Yoosufu ayyuha assiddeequaftina fee sabAAi baqaratin simaninya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafun wasabAAi sunbulatinkhudrin waokhara yabisatin laAAallee arjiAAuila annasi laAAallahum yaAAlamoon

“Joseph, O man of truth: advise thou us concerning the seven fat cows which seven lean were eating, and the seven green ears of corn and others withered, that I might return to the people, that they might know.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-46.md_

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