# Ra-Kef-Za — ركز (rkz)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To whisper, bury, faint or low sound.
- **Derived forms:** رِكْز (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** رِكْزًۢا — rik'zan · "a sound"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍۜ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزاً

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin haltuhissu minhum min ahadin aw tasmaAAu lahum rikza

And how many a generation We destroyed before them! Perceivest thou any one of them, or hearest thou from them a sound?

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-98.md_

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