# Nun-Kaf-Ra — نقر (nqr)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to strike, revile, engrave, play (lute), hallow out, sound, blow (bugle), pierce
- **Derived forms:** نُقِرَ (1) · نَقِير (2) · نَّاقُور (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** نَقِيرًا — naqīran · "(even as much as the) speck on a date seed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَمْ لَهُمْ نَص۪يبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ فَاِذاً لَا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَق۪يراًۙ

Am lahum naseebun mina almulki fa-ithanla yu/toona annasa naqeera

If they have a portion of dominion: then will they not give mankind a speck on a date-stone.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-53.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 124

- **Form in this verse:** نَقِيرًۭا — naqīran · "(even as much as) the speck on a date-seed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ نَق۪يراً

Waman yaAAmal mina assalihatimin thakarin aw ontha wahuwa mu/minun faola-ikayadkhuloona aljannata wala yuthlamoonanaqeera

And whoso does any righteous deeds, whether male or female, and is a believer: those enter the Garden, and they are not wronged a speck on a date-stone.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-124.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** نُقِرَ — nuqira · "is blown"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِۙ

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

Then when the Trumpet is sounded:

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

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّاقُورِ — l-nāqūri · "the trumpet"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِۙ

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

Then when the Trumpet is sounded:

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

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