# Lam-Ha-Kaf — لحق (lHq)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To overtake, reach, attain, catch up, cleave, join, become or made himself on a par, ensue, affiliate, coherent with.
- **Derived forms:** أَلْحَقْ (4) · يَلْحَقُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 170

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْحَقُوا۟ — yalḥaqū · "yet joined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَرِح۪ينَ بِمَٓا اٰتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۙ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْۙ اَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَۢ

Fariheena bima atahumuAllahu min fadlihi wayastabshiroona billatheenalam yalhaqoo bihim min khalfihim alla khawfunAAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Exulting in what God has bestowed upon them of His bounty; and rejoicing in those behind them who are yet to join them, that no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve;

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-170.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَلْحِقْنِى — wa-alḥiq'nī · "and join me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

رَبِّ قَدْ اٰتَيْتَن۪ي مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَن۪ي مِنْ تَأْو۪يلِ الْاَحَاد۪يثِۚ فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ اَنْتَ وَلِيّ۪  فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ تَوَفَّن۪ي مُسْلِماً وَاَلْحِقْن۪ي بِالصَّالِح۪ينَ

Rabbi qad ataytanee mina almulkiwaAAallamtanee min ta/weeli al-ahadeethi fatira assamawatiwal-ardi anta waliyyee fee addunyawal-akhirati tawaffanee musliman waalhiqneebissaliheen

“My Lord: Thou hast given me some dominion, and hast taught me some of the interpretation of events; Creator of the Heavens and the Earth: Thou art my ally in the World and the Hereafter. Take Thou me as one submitting, and join Thou me with the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-101.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَلْحِقْنِى — wa-alḥiq'nī · "and join me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

رَبِّ هَبْ ل۪ي حُكْماً وَاَلْحِقْن۪ي بِالصَّالِح۪ينَۙ

Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqneebissaliheen

“My Lord: give Thou me judgment, and join Thou me with the righteous,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-83.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** أَلْحَقْتُم — alḥaqtum · "you have joined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قُلْ اَرُونِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَلْحَقْتُمْ بِه۪ شُرَكَٓاءَ كَلَّاۜ بَلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Qul arooniya allatheena alhaqtumbihi shurakaa kalla bal huwa AllahualAAazeezu alhakeem

Say thou: “Show me those whom you have joined with Him as partners.” No, indeed! The truth is, He is God, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-27.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** أَلْحَقْنَا — alḥaqnā · "We will join"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ بِا۪يمَانٍ اَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَٓا اَلَتْنَاهُمْ مِنْ عَمَلِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ  كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَه۪ينٌ

Wallatheena amanoo wattabaAAat-humthurriyyatuhum bi-eemanin alhaqnabihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum minAAamalihim min shay-in kullu imri-in bima kasaba raheen

(And those who heed warning and whose progeny follow them in faith: We will join them with their progeny; and We will not defraud them anything of their deeds; every man is responsible for what he earned.)

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-21.md_

### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْحَقُوا۟ — yalḥaqū · "joined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاٰخَر۪ينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Waakhareena minhum lamma yalhaqoobihim wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

And others of them who have not yet joined them. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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

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