# Fe-Kef-Ra — فكر (fkr)

> Occurs in 18 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** thought upon it, considered it in order to obtain a clear knowledge of it, examined it (mentally), to employ the mind, having much thought, reflect.
- **Derived forms:** فَكَّرَ (1) · يَتَفَكَّرُ (17)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 219

- **Form in this verse:** تَتَفَكَّرُونَ — tatafakkarūna · "ponder"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِۜ قُلْ ف۪يهِمَٓا اِثْمٌ  كَب۪يرٌ وَمَنَافِـعُ لِلنَّاسِۘ وَاِثْمُهُمَٓا اَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِمَاۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَۜ قُلِ الْعَفْوَۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَۙ

Yas-aloonaka AAani alkhamri walmaysiriqul feehima ithmun kabeerun wamanafiAAu linnasiwa-ithmuhuma akbaru min nafAAihima wayas-aloonaka mathayunfiqoona quli alAAafwa kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakumu al-ayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroon

They ask thee about wine and games of chance. Say thou: “In both is great sin, and benefits for men; but their sin is greater than their benefit.” And they ask thee what they should spend. Say thou: “The surplus.” Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might reflect

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-219.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 266

- **Form in this verse:** تَتَفَكَّرُونَ — tatafakkarūna · "ponder"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ لَهُ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَٓاءُۖ فَاَصَابَهَٓا اِعْصَارٌ ف۪يهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahujannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu lahu feeha min kulli aththamaratiwaasabahu alkibaru walahu thurriyyatun duAAafaofaasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun fahtaraqatkathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayatilaAAallakum tatafakkaroon

Would one of you wish to have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, beneath which rivers flow, he having every fruit therein?[...]. And old age befell him, and he had weak progeny, and a cyclone wherein was fire befell it, and it was burned up. Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might give thought.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-266.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 191

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ — wayatafakkarūna · "and they reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّٰهَ قِيَاماً وَقُعُوداً وَعَلٰى جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ ف۪ي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هٰذَا بَاطِلاًۚ سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Allatheena yathkuroona Allahaqiyaman waquAAoodan waAAala junoobihimwayatafakkaroona fee khalqi assamawati wal-ardirabbana ma khalaqta hatha batilan subhanakafaqina AAathaba annar

Those who remember God, standing and sitting and on their sides, and reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth: “Our Lord: Thou createdst not this to no purpose. Glory be to Thee! And protect Thou us from the punishment of the Fire!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-191.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** تَتَفَكَّرُونَ — tatafakkarūna · "you give thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ لَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْد۪ي خَزَٓائِنُ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْ اِنّ۪ي مَلَكٌۚ اِنْ اَتَّبِعُ اِلَّا مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّۜ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَالْبَص۪يرُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Qul la aqoolu lakum AAindee khaza-inuAllahi wala aAAlamu alghayba wala aqoolulakum innee malakun in attabiAAu illa ma yoohailayya qul hal yastawee al-aAAma walbaseeruafala tatafakkaroon

Say thou: “I say not to you: ‘I possess the treasuries of God,’ or: ‘I know the Unseen,’ nor do I say to you: ‘I am an angel.’ I follow only what is revealed to me.” Say thou: “Are the blind and the seeing equal?” Will you then not take thought!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-50.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 176

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلٰكِنَّهُٓ  اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَاتَّـبَعَ هَوٰيهُۚ فَمَثَلُهُ  كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِۚ اِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ اَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثْۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Walaw shi/na larafaAAnahu bihawalakinnahu akhlada ila al-ardi wattabaAAahawahu famathaluhu kamathali alkalbi in tahmilAAalayhi yalhath aw tatruk-hu yalhath thalika mathalualqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafaqsusi alqasasa laAAallahumyatafakkaroon

And had We willed, We would have raised him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his vain desire. So his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou win him over, he pants; or if thou leave him, he pants. That is the likeness of the people who deny Our proofs; so relate thou to them the story, that they might reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-176.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 184

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۗ — yatafakkarū · "they reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا مَا بِصَاحِبِهِمْ مِنْ جِنَّةٍۜ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Awa lam yatafakkaroo ma bisahibihimmin jinnatin in huwa illa natheerun mubeen

Have they not reflected? Their companion is not possessed; he is only a clear warner.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-184.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَٓاءٍ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِه۪ نَبَاتُ الْاَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَالْاَنْعَامُۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَخَذَتِ الْاَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَازَّيَّـنَتْ وَظَنَّ اَهْلُهَٓا اَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَٓاۙ اَتٰيهَٓا اَمْرُنَا لَيْلاً اَوْ نَهَاراً فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَص۪يداً كَاَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالْاَمْسِۜ  كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Innama mathalu alhayatiaddunya kama-in anzalnahu mina assama-ifakhtalata bihi nabatu al-ardi mimmaya/kulu annasu wal-anAAamu hattaitha akhathati al-ardu zukhrufaha wazzayyanatwathanna ahluha annahum qadiroonaAAalayha ataha amruna laylan aw naharanfajaAAalnaha haseedan kaan lam taghnabil-amsi kathalika nufassilu al-ayatiliqawmin yatafakkaroon

The likeness of the life of this world is but like water We send down from the sky, and the plants of the earth mingle with it, whereof men and cattle eat: when the earth has taken her decoration, and is made fair, and its people think they have power over it, Our command comes by night or by day, and We make it reaped as if it had not flourished the day before — thus do We set out and detail the proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-24.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who ponder"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي مَدَّ الْاَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ ف۪يهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنْهَاراًۜ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ جَعَلَ ف۪يهَا زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ يُغْشِي الَّيْلَ النَّهَارَۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Wahuwa allathee madda al-ardawajaAAala feeha rawasiya waanharan waminkulli aththamarati jaAAala feeha zawjayniithnayni yughshee allayla annahara inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

And He it is that spread out the earth, and placed therein firm mountains and rivers; and of every fruit He made therein two kinds; He covers the night with the day; in that are proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-3.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يُنْبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخ۪يلَ وَالْاَعْنَابَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Yunbitu lakum bihi azzarAAa wazzaytoonawannakheela wal-aAAnaba wamin kulli aththamaratiinna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroon

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, and the olives, and the date-palms, and the grapevines, and every fruit. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-11.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِۜ وَاَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Bilbayyinati wazzuburiwaanzalna ilayka aththikra litubayyina linnasima nuzzila ilayhim walaAAallahum yatafakkaroon

With the clear signs and the writings. And We sent down to thee the remembrance, that thou make plain to mankind what has been sent down to them, and that they might reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-44.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ثُمَّ كُل۪ي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُك۪ي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاًۜ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهُ ف۪يهِ شِفَٓاءٌ لِلنَّاسِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Thumma kulee min kulli aththamaratifaslukee subula rabbiki thululan yakhruju min butoonihasharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaonlinnasi inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yatafakkaroon

“Then eat thou of every fruit, and follow thou the ways of thy Lord gently.” There comes out of their bellies a drink differing in its hues wherein is healing for men. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-69.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ — yatafakkarū · "they ponder"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ۠ مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَٓا اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ وَاِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ النَّاسِ بِلِقَٓائِ۬ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَافِرُونَ

Awa lam yatafakkaroo fee anfusihim makhalaqa Allahu assamawati wal-ardawama baynahuma illa bilhaqqiwaajalin musamman wa-inna katheeran mina annasibiliqa-i rabbihim lakafiroon

Have they not reflected within themselves? God created the heavens and the earth and what is between them only in truth and for a stated term; and many among men are deniers of the meeting with their Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-8.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ٓ اَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَزْوَاجاً لِتَسْكُـنُٓوا اِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Wamin ayatihi an khalaqa lakummin anfusikum azwajan litaskunoo ilayha wajaAAalabaynakum mawaddatan warahmatan inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yatafakkaroon

And among His proofs is that He created for you spouses from yourselves that you might be reassured thereby, and made between you love and mercy; in that are proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-21.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚ — tatafakkarū · "reflect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَعِظُـكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍۚ اَنْ تَقُومُوا لِلّٰهِ مَثْنٰى وَفُرَادٰى ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا۠ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِنْ جِنَّةٍۜ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذ۪يرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَد۪يدٍ

Qul innama aAAithukumbiwahidatin an taqoomoo lillahi mathna wafuradathumma tatafakkaroo ma bisahibikum min jinnatin inhuwa illa natheerun lakum bayna yaday AAathabinshadeed

Say thou: “I but exhort you to one thing: that you stand up for God in twos and alone, then reflect.” Your companion is not possessed; he is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.

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

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who ponder"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَللّٰهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْاَنْفُسَ ح۪ينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّت۪ي لَمْ تَمُتْ ف۪ي مَنَامِهَاۚ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّت۪ي قَضٰى عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْاُخْرٰٓى اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Allahu yatawaffa al-anfusa heenamawtiha wallatee lam tamut fee manamihafayumsiku allatee qada AAalayha almawta wayursilual-okhra ila ajalin musamman inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

God takes the souls at the time of their death, and that which has not died, in its sleep. Then He keeps that for which He has ordained death, and sends down the other to a stated term. In that are proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-42.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "who give thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً مِنْهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Wasakhkhara lakum ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi jameeAAan minhu inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

And He made subject for you what is in the heavens and what is in the earth — altogether from Him. In that are proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-13.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَفَكَّرُونَ — yatafakkarūna · "give thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَوْ اَنْزَلْنَا هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ عَلٰى جَبَلٍ لَرَاَيْتَهُ خَاشِعاً مُتَصَدِّعاً مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّٰهِۜ وَتِلْكَ الْاَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Law anzalna hatha alqur-anaAAala jabalin laraaytahu khashiAAan mutasaddiAAanmin khashyati Allahi watilka al-amthalu nadribuhalinnasi laAAallahum yatafakkaroon

Had We sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, thou hadst seen it humbled, split asunder from fear of God. And those similitudes — We strike them for mankind, that they might reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-21.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** فَكَّرَ — fakkara · "thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّهُ فَـكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

He considered and determined,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-18.md_

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