# Mim-Ha-Kaf — محق (mHq)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To render a thing deficient and deprive it of its blessing or increase, annihilate/annull/obliterate a thing, do away with a thing wholly so that no trace of it remains.
- **Derived forms:** يَمْحَقُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 276

- **Form in this verse:** يَمْحَقُ — yamḥaqu · "Destroys"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَمْحَقُ اللّٰهُ الرِّبٰوا وَيُرْبِي الصَّدَقَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ اَث۪يمٍ

Yamhaqu Allahu arribawayurbee assadaqati wallahula yuhibbu kulla kaffarin atheem

God eliminates usury, and increases charity; and God loves not every ingrate and sinner.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-276.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَمْحَقَ — wayamḥaqa · "and destroy"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waliyumahhisa Allahuallatheena amanoo wayamhaqa alkafireen

And that God might refine those who heed warning, and eliminate the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-141.md_

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