# Ra-Kef-Ayn — ركع (rkE)

> Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** bowed, bent, incline, humility, humble yourself, lower the head, fell upon his face, stumbled
- **Derived forms:** رَاكِع (8) · يَرْكَعُ (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱرْكَعُوا۟ — wa-ir'kaʿū · "and bow down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِع۪ينَ

Waaqeemoo assalata waatooazzakata warkaAAoo maAAa arrakiAAeen

And uphold the duty, and render the purity, and be lowly with the lowly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-43.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ — l-rākiʿīna · "those who bow down"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِع۪ينَ

Waaqeemoo assalata waatooazzakata warkaAAoo maAAa arrakiAAeen

And uphold the duty, and render the purity, and be lowly with the lowly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-43.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 125

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلرُّكَّعِ — wal-rukaʿi · "and those who bow down"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَاَمْناًۜ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ مُصَلًّىۜ  وَعَهِدْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ اَنْ طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّٓائِف۪ينَ وَالْعَاكِف۪ينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ

Wa-ith jaAAalna albayta mathabatanlinnasi waamnan wattakhithoo minmaqami ibraheema musallan waAAahidnaila ibraheema wa-ismaAAeela an tahhirabaytiya litta-ifeena walAAakifeenawarrukkaAAi assujood

And when We made the house a meeting place for mankind, and a place of security — and make from the station of Abraham a place of duty — and We made a covenant with Abraham and Ishmael: “Purify My house for those who walk around, and those who remain, and the lowly and the submitting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-125.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱرْكَعِى — wa-ir'kaʿī · "and bow down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, singular · imperative mood

يَا مَرْيَمُ اقْنُت۪ي لِرَبِّكِ وَاسْجُد۪ي وَارْكَع۪ي مَعَ الرَّاكِع۪ينَ

Ya maryamu oqnutee lirabbiki wasjudeewarkaAAee maAAa arrakiAAeen

“O Mary: be thou humbly obedient to thy Lord, and submit thou, and be thou lowly with the lowly.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-43.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ — l-rākiʿīna · "those who bow down"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

يَا مَرْيَمُ اقْنُت۪ي لِرَبِّكِ وَاسْجُد۪ي وَارْكَع۪ي مَعَ الرَّاكِع۪ينَ

Ya maryamu oqnutee lirabbiki wasjudeewarkaAAee maAAa arrakiAAeen

“O Mary: be thou humbly obedient to thy Lord, and submit thou, and be thou lowly with the lowly.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-43.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** رَٰكِعُونَ — rākiʿūna · "(are) those who bow down"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا الَّذ۪ينَ يُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ رَاكِعُونَ

Innama waliyyukumu Allahuwarasooluhu wallatheena amanoo allatheenayuqeemoona assalata wayu/toona azzakatawahum rakiAAoon

Your ally is but God and His messenger, and those who heed warning — those who uphold the duty, and render the purity; and they are lowly —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-55.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَ — l-rākiʿūna · "those who bow down"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَلتَّٓائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ الْحَامِدُونَ السَّٓائِحُونَ الرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ الْاٰمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللّٰهِۜ  وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Atta-iboona alAAabidoonaalhamidoona assa-ihoona arrakiAAoonaassajidoona al-amiroona bilmaAAroofiwannahoona AAani almunkari walhafithoonalihudoodi Allahi wabashshiri almu/mineen

The repentant, the serving, those praising, those journeying, the lowly, those submitting, those enjoining what is fitting, and those forbidding perversity, and the keepers of the limits of God[...]; and bear thou glad tidings to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-112.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلرُّكَّعِ — wal-rukaʿi · "and those who bow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِاِبْرٰه۪يمَ مَكَانَ الْبَيْتِ اَنْ لَا تُشْرِكْ ب۪ي شَيْـٔاً وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّٓائِف۪ينَ وَالْقَٓائِم۪ينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ

Wa-ith bawwa/na li-ibraheemamakana albayti an la tushrik bee shay-an watahhirbaytiya litta-ifeena walqa-imeenawarrukkaAAi assujood

And when We settled for Abraham the position of the house: “Ascribe thou not a partnership with Me to anything; and purify thou My house for those who walk around, and those who stand, and the lowly, and the submitting.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-26.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** ٱرْكَعُوا۟ — ir'kaʿū · "Bow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَۚ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooirkaAAoo wasjudoo waAAbudoo rabbakum wafAAalooalkhayra laAAallakum tuflihoon

O you who heed warning: be lowly and submit, and serve your Lord, and do good that you might be successful;

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

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** رَاكِعًۭا — rākiʿan · "bowing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰى نِعَاجِه۪ۜ وَاِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْخُلَطَٓاءِ لَيَبْغ۪ي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَل۪يلٌ مَا هُمْۜ وَظَنَّ دَاوُ۫دُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَا‌كِعاً وَاَنَابَ

Qala laqad thalamakabisu-ali naAAjatika ila niAAajihi wa-innakatheeran mina alkhulata-i layabghee baAAduhum AAalabaAAdin illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati waqaleelun mahum wathanna dawoodu annama fatannahufastaghfara rabbahu wakharra rakiAAan waanab

Said he: “He has wronged thee in asking thy ewe for his ewes; and many among acquaintances oppress one another save those who heed warning and do righteous deeds — and few are they.” And David understood that We had but subjected him to means of denial; and he asked forgiveness of his Lord, and fell down humbly and repented.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-24.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** رُكَّعًۭا — rukkaʿan · "bowing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُٓ  اَشِدَّٓاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَٓاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرٰيهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناًۘ س۪يمَاهُمْ ف۪ي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُودِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِۚۛ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْاِنْج۪يلِ۠ۛ   كَزَرْعٍ اَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُ۫ فَاٰزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوٰى عَلٰى سُوقِه۪ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغ۪يظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَۜ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَاَجْراً عَظ۪يماً

Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi wallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari assujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee attawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu fastaghlathafastawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu azzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheema

Muḥammad is the messenger of God. And those with him are hard against the atheists, merciful among themselves — thou seest them lowly, in submission, seeking favour from God and approval, their mark on their faces of the effects of the Submission — that is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is like a seed that put forth its shoot, and strengthens it, and established itself upon its stem pleasing the sowers, that by them He might enrage the atheists. God has promised those who heed warning and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-29.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** ٱرْكَعُوا۟ — ir'kaʿū · "Bow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo layarkaAAoon

And when it is said to them: “Be lowly,” they are not lowly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mursalat/verse-48.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** يَرْكَعُونَ — yarkaʿūna · "they bow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahumu irkaAAoo layarkaAAoon

And when it is said to them: “Be lowly,” they are not lowly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mursalat/verse-48.md_

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