# Nun-Kaf-Mim — نقم (nqm)

> Occurs in 17 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To punish, accuse, develop hate, revenge, persecute, find fault, disapprove, dislike with tongue or punishment.
- **Derived forms:** مُنتَقِمُون (3) · نَقَمُ (4) · ٱنتِقَام (4) · ٱنتَقَمْ (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتِقَامٍ — intiqāmin · "(of) retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَاَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍ

Min qablu hudan linnasiwaanzala alfurqana inna allatheena kafaroo bi-ayatiAllahi lahum AAathabun shadeedun wallahuAAazeezun thoo intiqam

Before as guidance for mankind; and He sent down the Division. Those who deny the proofs of God, they have a severe punishment; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-4.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** تَنقِمُونَ — tanqimūna · "you resent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ هَلْ تَنْقِمُونَ مِنَّٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْنَا وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلُۙ وَاَنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Qul ya ahla alkitabi haltanqimoona minna illa an amanna billahiwama onzila ilayna wama onzila min qabluwaanna aktharakum fasiqoon

Say thou: “O doctors of the Law: do you resent us save that we believe in God and what was sent down to us and what was sent down before, and that most of you are perfidious?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-59.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** فَيَنتَقِمُ — fayantaqimu · "then will take retribution"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَاَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌۜ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزَٓاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِه۪ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ اَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاك۪ينَ اَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَاماً لِيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ اَمْرِه۪ۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqtuloo assayda waantum hurumunwaman qatalahu minkum mutaAAammidan fajazaon mithlu maqatala mina annaAAami yahkumu bihi thawaAAadlin minkum hadyan baligha alkaAAbati aw kaffaratuntaAAamu masakeena aw AAadlu thalika siyamanliyathooqa wabala amrihi AAafa AllahuAAamma salafa waman AAada fayantaqimu Allahuminhu wallahu AAazeezun thoo intiqam

O you who heed warning: kill no game when you are forbidden; and whoso of you kills it intentionally: the payment is the like of what he killed from grazing livestock. Let judge it two just men from among you by an offering reaching the kaʿba, or expiation: feeding needy persons or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he might taste the evil consequence of his deed. God has pardoned what is past; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-95.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتِقَامٍ — intiqāmin · "(of) Retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَاَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌۜ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزَٓاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِه۪ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ اَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاك۪ينَ اَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَاماً لِيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ اَمْرِه۪ۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqtuloo assayda waantum hurumunwaman qatalahu minkum mutaAAammidan fajazaon mithlu maqatala mina annaAAami yahkumu bihi thawaAAadlin minkum hadyan baligha alkaAAbati aw kaffaratuntaAAamu masakeena aw AAadlu thalika siyamanliyathooqa wabala amrihi AAafa AllahuAAamma salafa waman AAada fayantaqimu Allahuminhu wallahu AAazeezun thoo intiqam

O you who heed warning: kill no game when you are forbidden; and whoso of you kills it intentionally: the payment is the like of what he killed from grazing livestock. Let judge it two just men from among you by an offering reaching the kaʿba, or expiation: feeding needy persons or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he might taste the evil consequence of his deed. God has pardoned what is past; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-95.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 126

- **Form in this verse:** تَنقِمُ — tanqimu · "you take revenge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَا تَنْقِمُ مِنَّٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ اٰمَنَّا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَٓاءَتْنَاۜ رَبَّـنَٓا اَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَتَوَفَّـنَا مُسْلِم۪ينَ۟

Wama tanqimu minna illaan amanna bi-ayati rabbinalamma jaatna rabbana afrigh AAalaynasabran watawaffana muslimeen

“And thou resentest us only that we believed in the proofs of our Lord when they came to us.” — “Our Lord: pour Thou out patience upon us, and take Thou us as ones submitting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-126.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 136

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَقَمْنَا — fa-intaqamnā · "So We took retribution"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِل۪ينَ

Fantaqamna minhum faaghraqnahumfee alyammi bi-annahum kaththaboo bi-ayatinawakanoo AAanha ghafileen

And We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea because they denied Our proofs and were heedless of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-136.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** نَقَمُوٓا۟ — naqamū · "they were resentful"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللّٰهِ مَا قَالُواۜ وَلَقَدْ قَالُوا كَلِمَةَ الْكُفْرِ وَكَفَرُوا بَعْدَ اِسْلَامِهِمْ وَهَمُّوا بِمَا لَمْ يَنَالُواۚ وَمَا نَقَمُٓوا اِلَّٓا اَنْ اَغْنٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۚ فَاِنْ يَتُوبُوا يَكُ خَيْراً لَهُمْۚ وَاِنْ يَتَوَلَّوْا يُعَذِّبْهُمُ اللّٰهُ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَص۪يرٍ

Yahlifoona billahi maqaloo walaqad qaloo kalimata alkufri wakafaroobaAAda islamihim wahammoo bima lam yanaloowama naqamoo illa an aghnahumu Allahuwarasooluhu min fadlihi fa-in yatooboo yaku khayran lahumwa-in yatawallaw yuAAaththibhumu Allahu AAathabanaleeman fee addunya wal-akhiratiwama lahum fee al-ardi min waliyyin wala naseer

They swear by God that they did not say — when they did say — the word of denial, and denied after their submission. And they purposed what they have not reached; and they resented only that God and His messenger enriched them of His bounty. Then if they repent, it will be better for them; and if they turn away, God will punish them with a painful punishment in the World and the Hereafter; and they will not have in the earth any ally or helper.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-74.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتِقَامٍۢ — intiqāmin · "Owner (of) Retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِفَ وَعْدِه۪ رُسُلَهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍۜ

Fala tahsabanna Allahamukhlifa waAAdihi rusulahu inna Allaha AAazeezun thoointiqam

Think thou not that God will fail in His promise to His messengers; God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-47.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَقَمْنَا — fa-intaqamnā · "So We took retribution"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْۢ وَاِنَّهُمَا لَبِاِمَامٍ مُب۪ينٍۜ۟

Fantaqamna minhum wa-innahumalabi-imamin mubeen

And We took vengeance on them — and both are on a clear highway.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-79.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَقَمْنَا — fa-intaqamnā · "then We took retribution"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ رُسُلاً اِلٰى قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَٓاؤُ۫هُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَجْرَمُواۜ وَكَانَ حَقاًّ عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad arsalna min qablika rusulanila qawmihim fajaoohum bilbayyinatifantaqamna mina allatheena ajramoo wakanahaqqan AAalayna nasru almu/mineen

(And We sent before thee messengers to their people, and they brought them clear signs; then We took vengeance on those who were lawbreakers; and it was binding upon Us to help the believers.)

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-47.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** مُنتَقِمُونَ — muntaqimūna · "(will) take retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّه۪ ثُمَّ اَعْرَضَ عَنْهَاۜ اِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ مُنْتَقِمُونَ۟

Waman athlamu mimman thukkirabi-ayati rabbihi thumma aAArada AAanhainna mina almujrimeena muntaqimoon

And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the proofs of his Lord, then turns away therefrom? We will take vengeance on the lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-22.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتِقَامٍۢ — intiqāmin · "All-Able of retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ مُضِلٍّۜ اَلَيْسَ اللّٰهُ بِعَز۪يزٍ ذِي انْتِقَامٍ

Waman yahdi Allahu fama lahumin mudillin alaysa Allahu biAAazeezin theeintiqam

And whom God guides, for him there is none to lead astray; is then God not exalted in might and able to requite?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-37.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَقَمْنَا — fa-intaqamnā · "So We took retribution"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ۟

Fantaqamna minhum fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeen

So We took vengeance on them; then see thou how was the final outcome of the deniers.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-25.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنتَقِمُونَ — muntaqimūna · "(will) take retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَاِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُنْتَقِمُونَۙ

Fa-imma nathhabanna bikafa-inna minhum muntaqimoon

And whether We take thee away — then will We take vengeance on them —

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-41.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتَقَمْنَا — intaqamnā · "We took retribution"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّٓا اٰسَفُونَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَۙ

Falamma asafoonaintaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen

And when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all together,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-55.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** مُنتَقِمُونَ — muntaqimūna · "(will) take retribution"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ

Yawma nabtishu albatshataalkubra inna muntaqimoon

The day We seize with the greatest seizing We will take retribution!

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-16.md_

### 85. Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** نَقَمُوا۟ — naqamū · "they resented"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ  اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَم۪يدِۙ

Wama naqamoo minhum illa anyu/minoo billahi alAAazeezi alhameed

And they resent them only that they believe in God, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

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

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