# Nun-Vav-Kaf — نوق (nwq)

> Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to clean the flesh from fat, train a camel, set in order, do carefully. niiqatun - zeal, skill, daintiness, refined, best, top of a mountain, a big and long mountain. naaqatun - she camel.
- **Derived forms:** نَاقَة (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** نَاقَةُ — nāqatu · "(is) a she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَاِلٰى ثَمُودَ اَخَاهُمْ صَـالِـحاًۢ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ قَدْ جَٓاءَتْكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ هٰذِه۪ نَاقَةُ اللّٰهِ لَكُمْ اٰيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ ف۪ٓي اَرْضِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُٓوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wa-ila thamooda akhahum salihanqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatunmin rabbikum hathihi naqatu Allahi lakum ayatanfatharooha ta/kul fee ardi Allahi walatamassooha bisoo-in faya/khuthakum AAathabunaleem

And to Thamūd, their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; there has come to you clear evidence from your Lord: this is the she-camel of God, as a proof for you, so leave her to eat in God’s earth, and touch her not with evil lest there take you a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-73.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّاقَةَ — l-nāqata · "the she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

FaAAaqaroo annaqata waAAatawAAan amri rabbihim waqaloo ya salihui/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta minaalmursaleen

And they hamstrung the she-camel; and they scorned the command of their Lord, saying: “O Ṣāliḥ: bring thou us what thou promisest us, if thou be among the emissaries.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-77.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** نَاقَةُ — nāqatu · "she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَيَا قَوْمِ هٰذِه۪ نَاقَةُ اللّٰهِ لَكُمْ اٰيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ ف۪ٓي اَرْضِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُٓوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ قَر۪يبٌ

Waya qawmi hathihi naqatuAllahi lakum ayatan fatharooha ta/kulfee ardi Allahi wala tamassoohabisoo-in faya/khuthakum AAathabun qareeb

And: “O my people: this is the she-camel of God: to you a proof. So leave her to feed in God’s earth, and touch her not with evil lest a near punishment seize you.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-64.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّاقَةَ — l-nāqata · "the she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَمَا مَنَعَنَٓا اَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْاٰيَاتِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْاَوَّلُونَۜ وَاٰتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا بِهَاۜ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْاٰيَاتِ اِلَّا تَخْو۪يفاً

Wama manaAAana an nursila bil-ayatiilla an kaththaba biha al-awwaloona waataynathamooda annaqata mubsiratan fathalamoobiha wama nursilu bil-ayatiilla takhweefa

And there prevented Us from sending proofs only that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible proof, but they wronged her. And We send the proofs only to put in dread.

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

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 155

- **Form in this verse:** نَاقَةٌۭ — nāqatun · "(is) a she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ هٰذِه۪ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍۚ

Qala hathihi naqatunlaha shirbun walakum shirbu yawmin maAAloom

He said: “This is a she-camel; to her a drink and to you a drink on a day appointed.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-155.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّاقَةِ — l-nāqati · "the she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْۘ

Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

“We are sending the she-camel as a means of denial for them; so watch thou them and be thou steadfast.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-27.md_

### 91. Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** نَاقَةَ — nāqata · "(It is the) she-camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَسُقْيٰيهَا۠

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqataAllahi wasuqyaha

The messenger of God said to them: “The she-camel of God — let her drink.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shams/verse-13.md_

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