# Fe-Kaf-Ra — فقر (fqr)

> Occurs in 14 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be poor/destitute/needy, in want of, poverty. To overwhelm with back breaking calamity, feel a pain in the vertebrae.
- **Derived forms:** فَاقِرَة (1) · فَقْر (1) · فَقِير (12)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 268

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَقْرَ — l-faqra · "[the] poverty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَلشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً مِنْهُ وَفَضْلاًۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌۚ

Ashshaytanu yaAAidukumualfaqra waya/murukum bilfahsha-i wallahuyaAAidukum maghfiratan minhu wafadlan wallahuwasiAAun AAaleem

The satan promises you poverty, and enjoins upon you sexual immorality, but God promises you forgiveness and bounty from Him; and God is encompassing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-268.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 271

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفُقَرَآءَ — l-fuqarāa · "(to) the poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنْ تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَۚ وَاِنْ تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَـرَٓاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْكُمْ مِنْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

In tubdoo assadaqatifaniAAimma hiya wa-in tukhfooha watu/toohaalfuqaraa fahuwa khayrun lakum wayukaffiru AAankum minsayyi-atikum wallahu bimataAAmaloona khabeer

If you reveal charity, excellent is it; but if you hide it, and give it to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your evil deeds; and God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-271.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 273

- **Form in this verse:** لِلْفُقَرَآءِ — lil'fuqarāi · "For the poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اُحْصِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ ضَـرْباً فِي الْاَرْضِۘ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ اَغْنِيَٓاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِۚ تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ النَّاسَ اِلْحَافاًۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Lilfuqara-i allatheena ohsiroofee sabeeli Allahi la yastateeAAoona darbanfee al-ardi yahsabuhumu aljahilu aghniyaamina attaAAaffufi taAArifuhum biseemahum layas-aloona annasa ilhafan wamatunfiqoo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleem

On the poor who are straitened in the cause of God, unable to make a way in the earth: the ignorant considers them free from need due to their reticence. Thou wilt know them by their mark: they do not ask of men importunately. And what you spend of good, God knows it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-273.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 181

- **Form in this verse:** فَقِيرٌۭ — faqīrun · "(is) poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ سَمِـعَ اللّٰهُ قَوْلَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ فَق۪يرٌ وَنَحْنُ اَغْنِيَٓاءُۢ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْاَنْبِيَٓاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۙ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَر۪يقِ

Laqad samiAAa Allahu qawla allatheenaqaloo inna Allaha faqeerun wanahnu aghniyaonsanaktubu ma qaloo waqatlahumu al-anbiyaabighayri haqqin wanaqoolu thooqoo AAathabaalhareeq

God has heard the saying of those who say: “God is poor, and we are rich.” We will record what they say, and their killing of the prophets without cause; (and We will say: “Taste the punishment of the consuming fire

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-181.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** فَقِيرًۭا — faqīran · "poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَابْتَلُوا الْيَتَامٰى حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغُوا النِّكَاحَۚ فَاِنْ اٰنَسْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ رُشْداً فَادْفَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْۚ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوهَٓا اِسْرَافاً وَبِدَاراً اَنْ يَكْـبَرُواۜ وَمَنْ كَانَ غَنِياًّ فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْۚ وَمَنْ كَانَ فَق۪يراً فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۜ فَاِذَا دَفَعْتُمْ اِلَيْهِمْ اَمْوَالَهُمْ فَاَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ حَس۪يباً

Wabtaloo alyatama hattaitha balaghoo annikaha fa-in anastumminhum rushdan fadfaAAoo ilayhim amwalahum walata/kulooha israfan wabidaran an yakbaroowaman kana ghaniyyan falyastaAAfif waman kanafaqeeran falya/kul bilmaAAroofi fa-itha dafaAAtumilayhim amwalahum faashhidoo AAalayhim wakafa billahihaseeba

And test the fatherless when they have reached marriage: if you find them to be of sound judgment, deliver to them their property; and consume it not wastefully and hastily before they be grown. And he that is free from need, let him abstain; and he that is poor, let him take according to what is fitting. And when you deliver to them their property, take witnesses over them. And sufficient is God as reckoner.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-6.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 135

- **Form in this verse:** فَقِيرًۭا — faqīran · "poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّام۪ينَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَٓاءَ لِلّٰهِ وَلَوْ عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْاَقْرَب۪ينَۚ اِنْ يَكُنْ غَنِياًّ اَوْ فَق۪يراً فَاللّٰهُ اَوْلٰى بِهِمَا فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا الْهَوٰٓى اَنْ تَعْدِلُواۚ وَاِنْ تَلْـوُٓ۫ا اَوْ تُعْرِضُوا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يراً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookoonoo qawwameena bilqisti shuhadaalillahi walaw AAala anfusikum awi alwalidayniwal-aqrabeena in yakun ghaniyyan aw faqeeran fallahuawla bihima fala tattabiAAoo alhawaan taAAdiloo wa-in talwoo aw tuAAridoo fa-inna Allahakana bima taAAmaloona khabeera

O you who heed warning: stand firm with equity, witnesses to God, though it be against yourselves, or parents, or relatives; whether he be rich or poor, God is closer to both. So follow not vain desire lest you be unjust; and if you distort or evade, God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-135.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** لِلْفُقَرَآءِ — lil'fuqarāi · "(are) for the poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَالْعَامِل۪ينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَ۬لَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِم۪ينَ وَف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۜ فَر۪يضَةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Innama assadaqatulilfuqara-i walmasakeeni walAAamileenaAAalayha walmu-allafati quloobuhum wafee arriqabiwalgharimeena wafee sabeeli Allahi wabniassabeeli fareedatan mina Allahi wallahuAAaleemun hakeemun

Charity is but for the poor and the needy, and the workers with it, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and for slaves and debtors, and in the cause of God, and the wayfarer — an obligation from God; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-60.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفَقِيرَ — l-faqīra · "the poor"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case

لِيَشْهَدُوا مَنَافِـعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللّٰهِ ف۪ٓي اَيَّامٍ مَعْلُومَاتٍ عَلٰى مَا رَزَقَهُمْ مِنْ بَه۪يمَةِ الْاَنْعَامِۚ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَاَطْعِمُوا الْـبَٓائِسَ الْفَق۪يرَۘ

Liyashhadoo manafiAAa lahum wayathkurooisma Allahi fee ayyamin maAAloomatin AAalama razaqahum min baheemati al-anAAami fakuloo minhawaatAAimoo alba-isa alfaqeer

“That they might witness benefits for them, and remember the name of God on days appointed over their provision of livestock cattle.” So eat thereof, and feed the unfortunate poor;

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

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** فُقَرَآءَ — fuqarāa · "poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاَنْكِحُوا الْاَيَامٰى مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّالِح۪ينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَاِمَٓائِكُمْۜ اِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَـرَٓاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ  وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waankihoo al-ayamaminkum wassaliheena min AAibadikumwa-ima-ikum in yakoonoo fuqaraa yughnihimu Allahumin fadlihi wallahu wasiAAun AAaleem

And give in marriage the unmarried among you, and the righteous among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they be poor, God will enrich them out of His bounty; and God is encompassing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-32.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** فَقِيرٌۭ — faqīrun · "(in) need"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

فَسَقٰى لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلّٰٓى اِلَى الظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي لِمَٓا اَنْزَلْتَ اِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَق۪يرٌ

Fasaqa lahuma thumma tawallaila aththilli faqala rabbiinnee lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqeer

So he watered for them; then he turned away to the shade and said: “My Lord: I am in need of what Thou hast sent down to me of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-24.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ — l-fuqarāu · "(are) those in need"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اَنْتُمُ الْفُقَـرَٓاءُ اِلَى اللّٰهِۚ وَاللّٰهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَم۪يدُ

Ya ayyuha annasuantumu alfuqarao ila Allahi wallahuhuwa alghaniyyu alhameed

O mankind: you are in need of God; and God, He is the Free from Need, the Praiseworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-15.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ ۚ — l-fuqarāu · "(are) the needy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

هَٓا اَنْتُمْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنْفِقُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۚ فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَبْخَلُۚ وَمَنْ يَبْخَلْ فَاِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ الْغَنِيُّ وَاَنْتُمُ الْفُقَـرَٓاءُۚ وَاِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْۙ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُٓوا اَمْثَالَكُمْ

Ha antum haola-itudAAawna litunfiqoo fee sabeeli Allahi faminkum manyabkhalu waman yabkhal fa-innama yabkhalu AAan nafsihi wallahualghaniyyu waantumu alfuqarao wa-in tatawallaw yastabdilqawman ghayrakum thumma la yakoonoo amthalakum

Here you are, called to spend in the cause of God, then among you is he who is miserly; and whoso is miserly, he is but miserly against his soul. And God is the Free from Need, and you are poor. And if you turn away, He will replace you with a people other than you, then will they not be the likes of you.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-38.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** لِلْفُقَرَآءِ — lil'fuqarāi · "For the poor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ الْمُهَاجِر۪ينَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَاَمْوَالِهِمْ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناً وَيَنْصُرُونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ  اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الصَّادِقُونَۚ

Lilfuqara-i almuhajireena allatheenaokhrijoo min diyarihim waamwalihim yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan wayansuroonaAllaha warasoolahu ola-ika humu assadiqoon

For the poor émigrés, who were turned out of their homes and their possessions, seeking favour from God and approval, and helping God and His messenger; it is they who are the truthful.

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

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** فَاقِرَةٌۭ — fāqiratun · "backbreaking"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۜ

Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

Thinking that a crushing calamity is upon them.)

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

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