# Ra-Ayn-Ye — رعي (rEy) > Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/rEy - **Meaning:** To pasture/feed/graze, observe aright, keep (an order), rule, have regard to, tend, mindful, watch, pay attention. One who feeds flocks, shepherd. ri'ayatun - right observance. mar'an - pasture. ra'a (vb. 3) - to observe/respect, look at, listen, give ear, hearken. ra'ina - listen to us (a phrase used also for showing disrespect for the person addressed). - **Derived forms:** رِّعَاء (1) · رَعَ (2) · رِعَايَت (1) · رَٰعِ (2) · رَٰعُون (2) · مَرْعَىٰ (2) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 104 - **Form in this verse:** رَٰعِنَا — rāʿinā · "Raina" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا وَقُولُوا انْظُرْنَا وَاسْمَعُواۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqooloo raAAina waqooloo onthurnawasmaAAoo walilkafireena AAathabun aleem O you who heed warning: say not: “Attend thou to us,” but say: “Look thou upon us,” and listen; and for the false claimers of guidance is a painful punishment. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-104.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 46 - **Form in this verse:** وَرَٰعِنَا — warāʿinā · "and "Raina" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُوا يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِه۪ وَيَقُولُونَ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاسْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍ وَرَاعِنَا لَياًّ بِاَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَطَعْناً فِي الدّ۪ينِۜ وَلَوْ اَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَاَطَعْنَا وَاسْمَعْ وَانْظُرْنَا لَكَانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْ وَاَقْوَمَۙ وَلٰكِنْ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً Mina allatheena hadoo yuharrifoonaalkalima AAan mawadiAAihi wayaqooloona samiAAnawaAAasayna wasmaAA ghayra musmaAAin waraAAinalayyan bi-alsinatihim wataAAnan fee addeeni walawannahum qaloo samiAAna waataAAna wasmaAAwanthurna lakana khayranlahum waaqwama walakin laAAanahumu Allahubikufrihim fala yu/minoona illa qaleela Some of those who hold to Judaism twist words from their places, — and they say: “We hear and we oppose”; and: “Hear thou what is not heard”; and: “Attend thou to us!” — twisting their tongues, and slandering the doctrine. And had they said: “We hear and we obey”; and: “Hear thou”; and: “Look thou upon us,” it would have been better for them, and more upright; but God has cursed them for their denial; and they do not believe save a few. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-46.md_ ### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 54 - **Form in this verse:** وَٱرْعَوْا۟ — wa-ir'ʿaw · "and pasture" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood كُلُوا وَارْعَوْا اَنْعَامَكُمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِاُو۬لِي النُّهٰى۟ Kuloo warAAaw anAAamakum innafee thalika laayatin li-olee annuha “Eat, and pasture your cattle.” In that are proofs for possessors of intelligence. _https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-54.md_ ### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 8 - **Form in this verse:** رَٰعُونَ — rāʿūna · "(are) observers" - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِاَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَۙ Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon And those who attend to their trusts and their covenant, _https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-8.md_ ### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 23 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ — l-riʿāu · "the shepherds" - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of mufa'ale · noun-verb · masculine · nominative case وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَٓاءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ اُمَّةً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَۘ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَاَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِۚ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَاۜ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْق۪ي حَتّٰى يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَٓاءُ وَاَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَب۪يرٌ Walamma warada maa madyanawajada AAalayhi ommatan mina annasi yasqoonawawajada min doonihimu imraatayni tathoodani qalama khatbukuma qalata lanasqee hatta yusdira arriAAaowaaboona shaykhun kabeer And when he arrived at the water of Madyan, he found there a community of people watering, and he found besides them two women holding back; he said: “What is your case?” They said: “We do not water until the shepherds drive hence; and our father is a very old man.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-23.md_ ### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 27 - **Form in this verse:** رَعَوْهَا — raʿawhā · "they observed it" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِع۪يسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْاِنْج۪يلَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةًۜ وَرَهْبَانِيَّةًۨ ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ اِلَّا ابْتِغَٓاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللّٰهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَـتِهَاۚ فَاٰتَيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْۚ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ Thumma qaffayna AAala atharihimbirusulina waqaffayna biAAeesa ibni maryamawaataynahu al-injeela wajaAAalna fee quloobiallatheena ittabaAAoohu ra/fatan warahmatan warahbaniyyatanibtadaAAooha ma katabnaha AAalayhimilla ibtighaa ridwani Allahifama raAAawha haqqa riAAayatihafaatayna allatheena amanoo minhumajrahum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon Then We sent, following in their footsteps, Our messengers; and We sent, following, Jesus, son of Mary. And We gave him the Gospel, and We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy. But monasticism, they invented it; We did not prescribe it for them — only the seeking of the approval of God; but they did not observe it with the observance due it. And We gave those who heeded warning among them their reward; but many of them are perfidious. _https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-27.md_ ### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 27 - **Form in this verse:** رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ — riʿāyatihā · "observance" - **Grammar:** noun · noun-verb · feminine · genitive case ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِع۪يسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْاِنْج۪يلَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةًۜ وَرَهْبَانِيَّةًۨ ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ اِلَّا ابْتِغَٓاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللّٰهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَـتِهَاۚ فَاٰتَيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْۚ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ Thumma qaffayna AAala atharihimbirusulina waqaffayna biAAeesa ibni maryamawaataynahu al-injeela wajaAAalna fee quloobiallatheena ittabaAAoohu ra/fatan warahmatan warahbaniyyatanibtadaAAooha ma katabnaha AAalayhimilla ibtighaa ridwani Allahifama raAAawha haqqa riAAayatihafaatayna allatheena amanoo minhumajrahum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon Then We sent, following in their footsteps, Our messengers; and We sent, following, Jesus, son of Mary. And We gave him the Gospel, and We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy. But monasticism, they invented it; We did not prescribe it for them — only the seeking of the approval of God; but they did not observe it with the observance due it. And We gave those who heeded warning among them their reward; but many of them are perfidious. _https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-27.md_ ### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 32 - **Form in this verse:** رَٰعُونَ — rāʿūna · "(are) observers" - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ لِاَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَۖ Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon And are those who are to their trusts and their covenant attentive, _https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-32.md_ ### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 31 - **Form in this verse:** وَمَرْعَىٰهَا — wamarʿāhā · "and its pasture" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case اَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَٓاءَهَا وَمَرْعٰيهَاۖ Akhraja minha maahawamarAAaha He brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture; _https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-31.md_ ### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 4 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ — l-marʿā · "the pasture" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case وَالَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعٰىۙۖ Wallathee akhraja almarAAa And who brought forth the pasture _https://quran.so/surah-al-ala/verse-4.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.