# Dal-Ra-Kef — درك (drk) > Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/drk - **Meaning:** To overtake, follow up, drop closely. - **Derived forms:** أَدْرَكَ (6) · دَّرْك (1) · دَرَك (1) · مُدْرَكُون (1) · ٱدَّٰرَكَ (3) ## Verses containing this root ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 78 - **Form in this verse:** يُدْرِككُّمُ — yud'rikkumu · "will overtake you" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense اَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يُدْرِكْكُمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُرُوجٍ مُشَيَّدَةٍۜ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا هٰذِه۪ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا هٰذِه۪ مِنْ عِنْدِكَۜ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ فَمَالِ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَد۪يثاً Aynama takoonoo yudrikkumu almawtuwalaw kuntum fee buroojin mushayyadatin wa-in tusibhum hasanatunyaqooloo hathihi min AAindi Allahi wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun yaqooloo hathihi min AAindika qul kullun minAAindi Allahi famali haola-i alqawmila yakadoona yafqahoona hadeetha Wherever you be, death will overtake you, though you be in castles built high. And if good befalls them, they say: “This is from God”; and if evil befalls them, they say: “This is from thee.” Say thou: “All is from God.” Then what ails these people that they scarcely understand a statement? _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-78.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 100 - **Form in this verse:** يُدْرِكْهُ — yud'rik'hu · "overtakes him" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense وَمَنْ يُهَاجِرْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ يَجِدْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُرَاغَماً كَث۪يراً وَسَعَةًۜ وَمَنْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْتِه۪ مُهَاجِراً اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ الْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ اَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً۟ Waman yuhajir fee sabeeli Allahiyajid fee al-ardi muraghaman katheeran wasaAAatanwaman yakhruj min baytihi muhajiran ila Allahiwarasoolihi thumma yudrik-hu almawtu faqad waqaAAa ajruhu AAalaAllahi wakana Allahu ghafooran raheema And whoso emigrates in the cause of God will find in the earth much refuge and abundance; and whoso leaves his house as an émigré to God and His messenger, then death overtakes him: his reward is upon God; and God is forgiving and merciful. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-100.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 145 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلدَّرْكِ — l-darki · "the depths" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case اِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْاَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَص۪يراًۙ Inna almunafiqeena fee addarkial-asfali mina annari walan tajida lahum naseera The waverers will be in the lowest depths of the Fire; and thou wilt find no helper for them _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-145.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 103 - **Form in this verse:** تُدْرِكُهُ — tud'rikuhu · "grasp Him" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْاَبْصَارُۘ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْاَبْصَارَۚ وَهُوَ اللَّط۪يفُ الْخَب۪يرُ La tudrikuhu al-absaru wahuwayudriku al-absara wahuwa allateefu alkhabeer Vision comprehends Him not, but He comprehends vision; He is the Subtle, the Aware. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-103.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 103 - **Form in this verse:** يُدْرِكُ — yud'riku · "(can) grasp" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْاَبْصَارُۘ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْاَبْصَارَۚ وَهُوَ اللَّط۪يفُ الْخَب۪يرُ La tudrikuhu al-absaru wahuwayudriku al-absara wahuwa allateefu alkhabeer Vision comprehends Him not, but He comprehends vision; He is the Subtle, the Aware. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-103.md_ ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 38 - **Form in this verse:** ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ — iddārakū · "they had overtaken one another" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood قَالَ ادْخُلُوا ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ فِي النَّارِۜ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ اُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ اُخْتَهَاۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا ادَّارَكُوا ف۪يهَا جَم۪يعاًۙ قَالَتْ اُخْرٰيهُمْ لِاُو۫لٰيهُمْ رَبَّنَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اَضَلُّونَا فَاٰتِهِمْ عَذَاباً ضِعْفاً مِنَ النَّارِۜ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ Qala odkhuloo fee omamin qad khalatmin qablikum mina aljinni wal-insi fee annarikullama dakhalat ommatun laAAanat okhtaha hattaitha iddarakoo feeha jameeAAan qalatokhrahum li-oolahum rabbana haola-iadalloona faatihim AAathaban diAAfanmina annari qala likullin diAAfunwalakin la taAAlamoon He will say: “Enter among the communities that have passed away before you of domini and servi into the Fire!” Whenever a community enters, it curses its sister; when they have followed one another therein all together, the last of them will say to the first of them: “Our Lord: these led us astray; so give Thou them double punishment of the Fire!” He will say: “For each is double, but you know not.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-38.md_ ### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 90 - **Form in this verse:** أَدْرَكَهُ — adrakahu · "overtook him" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْياً وَعَدْواًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُۙ قَالَ اٰمَنْتُ اَنَّهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا الَّـذ۪ٓي اٰمَنَتْ بِه۪ بَنُٓوا اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ وَاَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faatbaAAahum firAAawnu wajunooduhu baghyanwaAAadwan hatta itha adrakahu algharaqu qalaamantu annahu la ilaha illa allatheeamanat bihi banoo isra-eela waana minaalmuslimeen And We brought the children of Israel across the sea; and Pharaoh followed them with his forces in sectarian zealotry and enmity. When the drowning had overtaken him, he said: “I believe there is no god save He in whom the children of Israel believe; and I am of those submitting.” _https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-90.md_ ### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 77 - **Form in this verse:** دَرَكًۭا — darakan · "to be overtaken" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite وَلَقَدْ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَاد۪ي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَر۪يقاً فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَساًۚ لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكاً وَلَا تَخْشٰى Walaqad awhayna ilamoosa an asri biAAibadee fadriblahum tareeqan fee albahri yabasan la takhafudarakan wala takhsha And We instructed Moses: “Travel thou by night with My servants; and strike thou for them a dry path in the sea, neither fearing overtaking nor being afraid.” _https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-77.md_ ### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 61 - **Form in this verse:** لَمُدْرَكُونَ — lamud'rakūna · "(are) surely to be overtaken" - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case فَلَمَّا تَـرَٓاءَ الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ اَصْحَابُ مُوسٰٓى اِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَۚ Falamma taraa aljamAAaniqala as-habu moosa innalamudrakoon And when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Moses said: “We are overtaken!” _https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-61.md_ ### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 66 - **Form in this verse:** ٱدَّٰرَكَ — iddāraka · "is arrested" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense بَلِ ادَّارَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ۠ بَلْ هُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْهَا۠ بَلْ هُمْ مِنْهَا عَمُونَ۟ Bali iddaraka AAilmuhum fee al-akhiratibal hum fee shakkin minha bal hum minha AAamoon The truth is, their knowledge fails concerning the Hereafter. The truth is, they are in doubt about it. The truth is, they are blind to it. _https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-66.md_ ### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 40 - **Form in this verse:** تُدْرِكَ — tud'rika · "it overtakes" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغ۪ي لَـهَٓا اَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا الَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِۜ وَكُلٌّ ف۪ي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ La ashshamsu yanbaghee lahaan tudrika alqamara wala allaylu sabiqu annahariwakullun fee falakin yasbahoon It behoves not the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day; and each is in a circuit swimming. _https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-40.md_ ### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 49 - **Form in this verse:** تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ — tadārakahu · "overtook him" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense لَوْلَٓا اَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَٓاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom Had not favour from his Lord overtaken him, he would have been cast on the bare shore when he was condemned. _https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-49.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.