# Be-Kaf-Ye — بقي (bqy)

> Occurs in 21 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To remain, to continue, to endure, to survive, to live, to be alive, to be left over, to stay behind, to wait, to stop, to exist
- **Derived forms:** أَبْقَىٰ (7) · بَاق (1) · بَاقِيَة (2) · بَاقِين (2) · بَقِىَ (3) · بَقِيَّت (3) · بَٰقِيَٰت (2) · تُبْقِى (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 248

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَقِيَّةٌۭ — wabaqiyyatun · "and a remnant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ اِنَّ اٰيَةَ مُلْكِه۪ٓ اَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ التَّابُوتُ ف۪يهِ سَك۪ينَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ اٰلُ مُوسٰى وَاٰلُ هٰرُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ۟

Waqala lahum nabiyyuhum inna ayatamulkihi an ya/tiyakumu attabootu feehi sakeenatunmin rabbikum wabaqiyyatun mimma taraka alu moosawaalu haroona tahmiluhu almala-ikatuinna fee thalika laayatan lakum in kuntum mu/mineen

And their prophet said to them: “A proof of his dominion is that there will come to you the chest wherein is tranquillity from your Lord, and a remnant of what the house of Moses and the house of Aaron left, borne by angels; in that is a proof for you, if you be believers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-248.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 278

- **Form in this verse:** بَقِىَ — baqiya · "remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَـقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبٰٓوا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooittaqoo Allaha watharoo ma baqiya mina arribain kuntum mu/mineen

O you who heed warning: be in prudent fear of God; and give up what remains of usury, if you be believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-278.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** بَقِيَّتُ — baqiyyatu · "(What) remains"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

بَقِيَّتُ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَۚ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَف۪يظٍ

Baqiyyatu Allahi khayrun lakum inkuntum mu/mineena wama ana AAalaykum bihafeeth

“The remainder of God is better for you, if you be believers. And I am not a custodian over you.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-86.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** بَقِيَّةٍۢ — baqiyyatin · "those possessing a remnant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُو۬لُوا بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّنْ اَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ  وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَٓا اُتْرِفُوا ف۪يهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Falawla kana mina alquroonimin qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi feeal-ardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhumwattabaAAa allatheena thalamoo maotrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeen

Oh, that among the generations before you there had but been a remnant forbidding corruption in the land save a few whom We saved among them! But those who did wrong followed what they had been given therein of opulence, and were lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-116.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** بَاقٍۢ ۗ — bāqin · "(will) be remaining"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَاقٍۜ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ صَبَرُٓوا اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Ma AAindakum yanfadu wamaAAinda Allahi baqin walanajziyanna allatheenasabaroo ajrahum bi-ahsani ma kanooyaAAmaloon

What is with you has an end, and what is with God remains; and We will pay those who are patient their reward according to the best of what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-96.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ — wal-bāqiyātu · "But the enduring"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

اَلْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ ز۪ينَةُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ اَمَلاً

Almalu walbanoona zeenatu alhayatiaddunya walbaqiyatu assalihatukhayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun amala

Wealth and sons are an adornment of the life of this world; but the righteous deeds which endure are better as reward in the sight of thy Lord, and better as hope.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-46.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ — wal-bāqiyātu · "And the everlasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَيَز۪يدُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اهْتَدَوْا هُدًىۜ وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ مَرَداًّ

Wayazeedu Allahu allatheenaihtadaw hudan walbaqiyatu assalihatukhayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun maradda

And God increases those who were guided in guidance; and the enduring things — the righteous deeds — are better with thy Lord as reward, and better as recourse.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-76.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰ — wa-abqā · "and more lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۜ  اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ ف۪ي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِۘ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَيُّـنَٓا اَشَدُّ عَذَاباً وَاَبْقٰى

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafinwalaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi annakhliwalataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa

Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery; then will I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of date-palms; and you will know which of us is severer in punishment and more enduring.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-71.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰٓ — wa-abqā · "and Ever Lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

اِنَّٓا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَايَانَا وَمَٓا اَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السِّحْرِۜ وَاللّٰهُ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْقٰى

Inna amanna birabbinaliyaghfira lana khatayana wamaakrahtana AAalayhi mina assihri wallahukhayrun waabqa

“We have believed in our Lord, that He might forgive us our offences, and what thou didst compel us to of sorcery; and God is better and more enduring.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-73.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰٓ — wa-abqā · "and more lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْز۪ي مَنْ اَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّه۪ۜ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَشَدُّ وَاَبْقٰى

Wakathalika najzee man asrafa walamyu/min bi-ayati rabbihi walaAAathabu al-akhiratiashaddu waabqa

And thus do We reward him who commits excess, and believes not in the proofs of his Lord; and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-127.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 131

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰ — wa-abqā · "and more lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ اِلٰى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِه۪ٓ اَزْوَاجاً مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ ف۪يهِۜ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْقٰى

Wala tamuddanna AAaynayka ilama mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum zahrata alhayatiaddunya linaftinahum feehi warizqu rabbika khayrunwaabqa

And extend thou not thine eyes towards what We have granted some among them to enjoy — the flower of the life of this world — that We might subject them to means of denial therein; and the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-131.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَاقِينَ — l-bāqīna · "the remaining ones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاق۪ينَۜ

Thumma aghraqna baAAdu albaqeen

Then We drowned thereafter those remaining.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-120.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۚ — wa-abqā · "and more lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَز۪ينَتُهَاۚ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْقٰىۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ۟

Wama ooteetum min shay-in famataAAualhayati addunya wazeenatuhawama AAinda Allahi khayrun waabqa afalataAAqiloon

And what you have been given of anything is the enjoyment of the life of this world and its ornament; and what is with God is better and more enduring. Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-60.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَاقِينَ — l-bāqīna · "the survivors"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُ هُمُ الْبَاق۪ينَۘ

WajaAAalna thurriyyatahu humualbaqeen

And We made his progeny those remaining.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-77.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰ — wa-abqā · "and more lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

فَمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْقٰى لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَۚ

Fama ooteetum min shay-in famataAAualhayati addunya wama AAindaAllahi khayrun waabqa lillatheena amanoowaAAala rabbihim yatawakkaloon

And what you have been given of anything is the enjoyment of the life of this world; but what is with God is better and more enduring for those who heed warning and in their Lord place their trust,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-36.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** بَاقِيَةًۭ — bāqiyatan · "lasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً ف۪ي عَقِبِه۪ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatanfee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And He made it a word enduring among his posterity, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-28.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** أَبْقَىٰ — abqā · "He spared"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَثَمُودَا۬ فَمَٓا اَبْـقٰىۙ

Wathamooda fama abqa

And Thamūd He spared not,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-51.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَبْقَىٰ — wayabqā · "But will remain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَيَبْقٰى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُوالْجَلَالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِۚ

Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thooaljalali wal-ikram

But the face of thy Lord will remain, Owner of Majesty and Honour.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-27.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** بَاقِيَةٍۢ — bāqiyatin · "remains"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَهَلْ تَرٰى لَهُمْ مِنْ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

Then seest thou of them any remnant?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-8.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** تُبْقِى — tub'qī · "it lets remain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

لَا تُبْق۪ي وَلَا تَذَرُۚ

La tubqee wala tathar

It spares not and leaves not,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-28.md_

### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَبْقَىٰٓ — wa-abqā · "and everlasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَالْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَاَبْـقٰىۜ

Wal-akhiratu khayrun waabqa

When the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ala/verse-17.md_

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