# Ra-Kef-Nun — ركن (rkn)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To lean on, rely upon, trust. Ruknun - support, stay, firm part of a thing on which it rests, pillar, corner-stone, court, pride of power and might, resistance, kinsfolk or clan, party, person by whom one is aided and strengthened, noble or high person, thing whereby one is strengthened.
- **Derived forms:** تَرْكَنُ (2) · رُكْن (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** رُكْنٍۢ — ruk'nin · "a support"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالَ لَوْ اَنَّ ل۪ي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً اَوْ اٰو۪ٓي اِلٰى رُكْنٍ شَد۪يدٍ

Qala law anna lee bikum quwwatan aw aweeila ruknin shadeed

He said: “Would that I had power against you, or could take shelter in a strong support!”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-80.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 113

- **Form in this verse:** تَرْكَنُوٓا۟ — tarkanū · "incline"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَرْكَـنُٓوا اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُۙ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ

Wala tarkanoo ila allatheenathalamoo fatamassakumu annaru wamalakum min dooni Allahi min awliyaa thumma latunsaroon

And rely not upon those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you; — and you have, besides God, no allies — then will you not be helped.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-113.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** تَرْكَنُ — tarkanu · "(would) have inclined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـٔاً قَل۪يلاًۗ

Walawla an thabbatnaka laqadkidta tarkanu ilayhim shay-an qaleela

And were it not that We had made thee firm, thou wouldst have relied upon them a little,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-74.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** بِرُكْنِهِۦ — biruk'nihi · "with his supporters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَتَوَلّٰى بِرُكْنِه۪ وَقَالَ سَاحِرٌ اَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirunaw majnoon

He turned away with his supporters, saying: “A sorcerer, or one possessed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-39.md_

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