# Fe-Kaf-he — فقه (fqh)

> Occurs in 20 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be learned, skilled in divine law, endowed with penetration, understand a thing.
- **Derived forms:** يَتَفَقَّهُ (1) · يَفْقَهُ (19)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "(to) understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · 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_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُوهُ — yafqahūhu · "they understand it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْتَمِعُ اِلَيْكَۚ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ اٰيَةٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَاۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫كَ يُجَادِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Waminhum man yastamiAAu ilayka wajaAAalnaAAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihimwaqran wa-in yaraw kulla ayatin la yu/minoo bihahatta itha jaooka yujadiloonakayaqoolu allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

And among them are some who listen to thee, but We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness; and if they see every proof, they will not believe in it. When they have come to thee, they argue against thee, those who ignore warning, saying: “This is only legends of the former peoples.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-25.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَاباً مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ اَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِكُمْ اَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعاً وَيُذ۪يقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ

Qul huwa alqadiru AAala anyabAAatha AAalaykum AAathaban min fawqikum aw min tahtiarjulikum aw yalbisakum shiyaAAan wayutheeqa baAAdakumba/sa baAAdin onthur kayfa nusarrifual-ayati laAAallahum yafqahoon

Say thou: “He is the one able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you through sects and let some of you taste the might of others.” See thou how We expound the proofs, that they might understand,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-65.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "(who) understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌۜ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَـهُونَ

Wahuwa allathee anshaakum min nafsinwahidatin famustaqarrun wamustawdaAAun qad fassalnaal-ayati liqawmin yafqahoon

And He it is that produced you from one soul, then a dwelling-place and a repository[...]. And We have set out and detailed the proofs for people who understand.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-98.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 179

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "they understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۘ  لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَاۘ وَلَهُمْ اَعْيُنٌ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَاۘ وَلَهُمْ اٰذَانٌ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَاۜ  اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ كَالْاَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ اَضَلُّۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

Walaqad thara/na lijahannamakatheeran mina aljinni wal-insi lahum quloobun layafqahoona biha walahum aAAyunun la yubsiroonabiha walahum athanun la yasmaAAoona bihaola-ika kal-anAAami bal hum adalluola-ika humu alghafiloon

And We have created for Gehenna many among the domini and the servi: they have hearts wherewith they understand not; and they have eyes wherewith they see not; and they have ears wherewith they hear not. Those are like cattle; nay, — they are further astray — it is they who are the heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-179.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِۜ اِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِۚ وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ يَغْلِبُٓوا اَلْفاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Ya ayyuha annabiyyu harridialmu/mineena AAala alqitali in yakun minkumAAishroona sabiroona yaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakunminkum mi-atun yaghliboo alfan mina allatheena kafaroobi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoon

O Prophet: rouse thou the believers to fight: if there be of you twenty patient, they will defeat two hundred; and if there be of you a hundred, they will defeat a thousand of those who ignore warning, because they are people who understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-65.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَرِحَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلَافَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَكَرِهُٓوا اَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَالُوا لَا تَنْفِرُوا فِي الْحَرِّۜ قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ اَشَدُّ حَراًّۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَفْقَهُونَ

Fariha almukhallafoona bimaqAAadihimkhilafa rasooli Allahi wakarihoo an yujahidoobi-amwalihim waanfusihim fee sabeeli Allahi waqaloola tanfiroo fee alharri qul naru jahannamaashaddu harran law kanoo yafqahoon

Those who remained behind exulted at their remaining behind the messenger of God, and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of God; and they said: “Go not forth in the heat.” Say thou: “The fire of Gehenna is more intense in heat,” would that they understood.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-81.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

رَضُوا بِاَنْ يَكُونُوا مَعَ الْخَوَالِفِ وَطُبِـعَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Radoo bi-an yakoonoo maAAa alkhawalifiwatubiAAa AAala quloobihim fahum layafqahoon

They are content to be with those who remain; and their hearts are sealed, so they understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-87.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 122

- **Form in this verse:** لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا۟ — liyatafaqqahū · "that they may obtain understanding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنْفِرُوا كَٓافَّةًۜ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طَٓائِفَةٌ لِيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدّ۪ينِ وَلِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ اِذَا رَجَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ۟

Wama kana almu/minoonaliyanfiroo kaffatan falawla nafara min kullifirqatin minhum ta-ifatun liyatafaqqahoo fee addeeniwaliyunthiroo qawmahum itha rajaAAoo ilayhimlaAAallahum yahtharoon

And it is not for the believers to go forth all at once; and were it not that from every party among them there should go forth a number to gain knowledge in the doctrine, and to warn their people when they return to them, that they might beware[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-122.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "they understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا مَٓا اُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۜ هَلْ يَرٰيكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُواۜ صَرَفَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Wa-itha ma onzilat sooratunnathara baAAduhum ila baAAdinhal yarakum min ahadin thumma insarafoo sarafaAllahu quloobahum bi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoon

And when a sūrah is sent down, they look at each other: “Does anybody see you?” Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts because they are people who understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-127.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** نَفْقَهُ — nafqahu · "we understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ۬ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا تَقُولُ وَاِنَّا لَنَرٰيكَ ف۪ينَا ضَع۪يفاًۚ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَاكَۘ وَمَٓا اَنْتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَز۪يزٍ

Qaloo ya shuAAaybu manafqahu katheeran mimma taqoolu wa-inna lanarakafeena daAAeefan walawla rahtukalarajamnaka wama anta AAalayna biAAazeez

They said: “O Shuʿayb: we understand not much of what thou sayest; and we consider thee among us as weak. And were it not for thy family, we would have stoned thee; and thou art not to us one respected.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-91.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** تَفْقَهُونَ — tafqahūna · "you understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ ف۪يهِنَّۜ وَاِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِه۪ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْب۪يحَهُمْۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Tusabbihu lahu assamawatuassabAAu wal-ardu waman feehinna wa-in minshay-in illa yusabbihu bihamdihi walakinla tafqahoona tasbeehahum innahu kana haleemanghafoora

The seven heavens and the earth and whoso is in them glorify Him; nothing is save that gives glory with His praise, but you understand not their glorification; He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-44.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُوهُ — yafqahūhu · "they understand it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوراً

WajaAAalna AAala quloobihimakinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran wa-ithathakarta rabbaka fee alqur-ani wahdahuwallaw AAala adbarihim nufoora

And We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when thou rememberest thy Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs in aversion.

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُوهُ — yafqahūhu · "they understand it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّه۪ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُۜ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُٓوا اِذاً اَبَداً

Waman athlamu mimman thukkirabi-ayati rabbihi faaAArada AAanhawanasiya ma qaddamat yadahu inna jaAAalnaAAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihimwaqran wa-in tadAAuhum ila alhuda falan yahtadoo ithanabada

And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the proofs of his Lord, then turns away therefrom and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And though thou invitest them to the guidance, they will not be guided then ever.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-57.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْماًۙ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلاً

Hatta itha balaghabayna assaddayni wajada min doonihima qawman layakadoona yafqahoona qawla

When he had reached between the two barriers, and found besides them a people scarcely understanding speech,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-93.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُوا۟ — yafqahū · "That they may understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَفْقَهُوا قَوْل۪يۖ

Yafqahoo qawlee

“That they might understand my speech.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-28.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understanding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

سَيَقُولُ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ اِذَا انْطَلَقْتُمْ اِلٰى مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعْكُمْۚ يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يُبَدِّلُوا كَلَامَ اللّٰهِۜ قُلْ لَنْ تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذٰلِكُمْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَاۜ بَلْ كَانُوا لَا يَفْقَهُونَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Sayaqoolu almukhallafoona itha intalaqtumila maghanima lita/khuthooha tharoonanattabiAAkum yureedoona an yubaddiloo kalama Allahiqul lan tattabiAAoona kathalikum qala Allahumin qablu fasayaqooloona bal tahsudoonana bal kanoola yafqahoona illa qaleela

Those who were left behind will say, when you set forth for spoils, to take them: “Let us follow you!” They wish to change the words of God. Say thou: “You will not follow us. Thus said God before.” Then will they say: “The truth is, you envy us!” The truth is, they have understood not save a little.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-15.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَاَنْتُمْ اَشَدُّ رَهْبَةً ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Laantum ashaddu rahbatan fee sudoorihimmina Allahi thalika bi-annahum qawmun layafqahoon

You are a stronger fear in their breasts than God; for it is that they are people who do not understand!

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

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Thalika bi-annahum amanoothumma kafaroo fatubiAAa AAala quloobihim fahum layafqahoon

For it is that they believed, then denied! Then were their hearts sealed, and they understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-munafiqun/verse-3.md_

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** يَفْقَهُونَ — yafqahūna · "understand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلٰى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ حَتّٰى يَنْفَضُّواۜ وَلِلّٰهِ خَزَٓائِنُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Humu allatheena yaqooloona latunfiqoo AAala man AAinda rasooli Allahi hattayanfaddoo walillahi khaza-inu assamawatiwal-ardi walakinna almunafiqeena layafqahoon

Those are they who say: “Spend not on those with the messenger of God until they disband.” And to God belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth; but the waverers understand not.

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

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