# Be-Ra-Kaf — برق (brq)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** lightning, flash, glare, glitter, sparkle, brightness, sudden flash
- **Derived forms:** بَرِقَ (1) · بَرْق (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَرْقٌۭ — wabarqun · "and lightning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ ف۪يهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌۚ يَجْعَلُونَ اَصَابِعَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُح۪يطٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

Aw kasayyibin mina assama-ifeehi thulumatun waraAAdun wabarqunyajAAaloona asabiAAahum fee athanihim mina assawaAAiqihathara almawti wallahu muheetunbilkafireen

Or like a thundercloud from the sky wherein is darkness, and thunder, and lightning: they put their fingers in their ears against the thunderbolts in fear of death; but God encompasses the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-19.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرْقُ — l-barqu · "the lightning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ اَبْصَارَهُمْۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اَضَٓاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا ف۪يهِۙ وَاِذَٓا اَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُواۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَاَبْصَارِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ۟

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahumkullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi wa-itha athlamaAAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahababisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

The lightning nigh snatches away their sight; whenever it gives them light, they walk therein; and when it darkens over them, they stand still. And had God willed, He would have taken away their hearing and their sight; God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-20.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرْقَ — l-barqa · "the lightning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُر۪يكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً وَيُنْشِئُ السَّحَابَ الثِّقَالَۚ

Huwa allathee yureekumu albarqakhawfan watamaAAan wayunshi-o assahaba aththiqal

He it is that shows you the lightning as fear and hope, and produces the heavy clouds.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-12.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** بَرْقِهِۦ — barqihi · "(of) its lighting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزْج۪ي سَحَاباً ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ ف۪يهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ  يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِه۪ يَذْهَبُ بِالْاَبْصَارِۜ

Alam tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar

Dost thou not see that God drives the clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them a mass, and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains therein of hail, and He strikes therewith whom He wills, and turns away therefrom whom He wills. The brilliance of His lightning almost takes away the sight.

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

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْبَرْقَ — l-barqa · "the lightning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ يُر۪يكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَيُحْـي۪ بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamin ayatihi yureekumualbarqa khawfan watamaAAan wayunazzilu mina assama-imaan fayuhyee bihi al-arda baAAda mawtihainna fee thalika laayatin liqawminyaAAqiloon

And among His proofs He shows you the lightning as fear and hope, and sends down water from the sky and gives thereby life to the earth after its death; in that are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-24.md_

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** بَرِقَ — bariqa · "is dazzled"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُۙ

Fa-itha bariqa albasar

Then when the sight is dazzled,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-7.md_

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