# Zal-Kaf-Nun — ذقن (pqn)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To strike on the chin, lean the chin upon (with ala), chin, although its primary meaning is chin it may be rendered as face.
- **Derived forms:** أَذْقَان (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** لِلْأَذْقَانِ — lil'adhqāni · "on their faces"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قُلْ اٰمِنُوا بِه۪ٓ اَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُواۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ٓ اِذَا يُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ سُجَّداًۙ

Qul aminoo bihi aw latu/minoo inna allatheena ootoo alAAilma min qablihi ithayutla AAalayhim yakhirroona lil-athqanisujjada

Say thou: “Believe in it, or believe not”; those given knowledge before it, when it is recited to them, they fall on their faces in submission,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-107.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** لِلْأَذْقَانِ — lil'adhqāni · "on their faces"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَز۪يدُهُمْ خُشُوعاً

Wayakhirroona lil-athqaniyabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAa

And they fall on their faces weeping; and it increases them in humility.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-109.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَذْقَانِ — l-adhqāni · "the chins"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِهِمْ اَغْلَالاً فَهِيَ اِلَى الْاَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ

Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihimaghlalan fahiya ila al-athqani fahummuqmahoon

We placed yokes on their necks up to the chins, and they with heads forced high;

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-8.md_

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