# Ra-Kaf-Be — رقب (rqb)

> Occurs in 24 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To guard, observe, watch, respect, regard, wait for, tie by the neck, warn, fear, control. Raqib - guard, observer, watcher. Yataraqqab - observing, awaiting, looking about, watching. Riqab - neck, slave, captive of war, captive who has contracted with his master or custodian for his freedom thus the expression firriqab would mean in the ransoming of slaves or captives, its sing. is raqabah. Murtaqib - one who guards etc.
- **Derived forms:** رَقَبَة (9) · رَقِيب (5) · مُّرْتَقِبُون (1) · يَتَرَقَّبُ (2) · يَرْقُبُ (3) · ٱرْتَقِبْ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 177

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرِّقَابِ — l-riqābi · "freeing the necks (slaves)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَۚ وَاٰتَى الْمَالَ عَلٰى حُبِّه۪ ذَوِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَالسَّٓائِل۪ينَ وَفِي الرِّقَابِۚ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَۚ وَالْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ اِذَا عَاهَدُواۚ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَ فِي الْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَح۪ينَ الْبَأْسِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُواۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibalaalmashriqi walmaghribi walakinna albirra man amanabillahi walyawmi al-akhiri walmala-ikatiwalkitabi wannabiyyeena waataalmala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurbawalyatama walmasakeena wabnaalssabeeli wassa-ileena wafee arriqabiwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walmoofoona biAAahdihim ithaAAahadoo wassabireena fee alba/sa-iwaddarra-i waheena alba/si ola-ikaallatheena sadaqoo waola-ika humualmuttaqoon

It is not virtue that you turn your faces towards the East and the West. But virtue is: one who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Writ, and the prophets, and gives wealth in spite of love of it to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and to manumit slaves; and who upholds the duty, and renders the purity; and those who keep their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in affliction and adversity, and during conflict: those are they who are sincere; and it is they who are those of prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-177.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** رَقِيبًۭا — raqīban · "Ever-Watchful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَث۪يراً وَنِسَٓاءًۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذ۪ي تَسَٓاءَلُونَ بِه۪ وَالْاَرْحَامَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَق۪يباً

Ya ayyuha annasuittaqoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatinwakhalaqa minha zawjaha wabaththa minhumarijalan katheeran wanisaan wattaqoo Allahaallathee tasaaloona bihi wal-arhamainna Allaha kana AAalaykum raqeeb

O mankind: be in prudent fear of your Lord who created you from one soul; and created from it its mate, and scattered from them many men and women; and be in prudent fear of God through whom, and through kinship, you ask one of another; God is over you, watching.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-1.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** رَقَبَةٍۢ — raqabatin · "(of) a slave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ اَنْ يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِناً اِلَّا خَطَـٔاًۚ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ مُـؤْمِناً خَطَــٔاً فَـتَـحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ وَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَصَّدَّقُواۜ فَاِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَدُوٍّ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ فَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ وَتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍۚ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِۘ تَوْبَةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماً

Wama kana limu/minin anyaqtula mu/minan illa khataan waman qatala mu/minankhataan fatahreeru raqabatin mu/minatin wadiyatunmusallamatun ila ahlihi illa an yassaddaqoofa-in kana min qawmin AAaduwwin lakum wahuwa mu/minun fatahreeruraqabatin mu/minatin wa-in kana min qawmin baynakumwabaynahum meethaqun fadiyatun musallamatun ilaahlihi watahreeru raqabatin mu/minatin faman lam yajid fasiyamushahrayni mutatabiAAayni tawbatan mina Allahi wakanaAllahu AAaleeman hakeema

It is not for a believer to kill a believer save in error; and whoso kills a believer in error: the manumission of a believing slave, and blood-money delivered to his family save if they forgive by way of charity. And if he be of a people at enmity with you and a believer: the manumission of a believing slave; and if he be of a people between whom and you is a treaty: blood-money delivered to his family, and the manumission of a believing slave. And whoso has not the means: a fast of two months consecutively as repentance from God; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-92.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** رَقَبَةٍۢ — raqabatin · "(of) a believing slave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ اَنْ يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِناً اِلَّا خَطَـٔاًۚ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ مُـؤْمِناً خَطَــٔاً فَـتَـحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ وَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَصَّدَّقُواۜ فَاِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَدُوٍّ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ فَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ وَتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍۚ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِۘ تَوْبَةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماً

Wama kana limu/minin anyaqtula mu/minan illa khataan waman qatala mu/minankhataan fatahreeru raqabatin mu/minatin wadiyatunmusallamatun ila ahlihi illa an yassaddaqoofa-in kana min qawmin AAaduwwin lakum wahuwa mu/minun fatahreeruraqabatin mu/minatin wa-in kana min qawmin baynakumwabaynahum meethaqun fadiyatun musallamatun ilaahlihi watahreeru raqabatin mu/minatin faman lam yajid fasiyamushahrayni mutatabiAAayni tawbatan mina Allahi wakanaAllahu AAaleeman hakeema

It is not for a believer to kill a believer save in error; and whoso kills a believer in error: the manumission of a believing slave, and blood-money delivered to his family save if they forgive by way of charity. And if he be of a people at enmity with you and a believer: the manumission of a believing slave; and if he be of a people between whom and you is a treaty: blood-money delivered to his family, and the manumission of a believing slave. And whoso has not the means: a fast of two months consecutively as repentance from God; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-92.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** رَقَبَةٍۢ — raqabatin · "(of) a slave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ اَنْ يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِناً اِلَّا خَطَـٔاًۚ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ مُـؤْمِناً خَطَــٔاً فَـتَـحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ وَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَصَّدَّقُواۜ فَاِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَدُوٍّ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ فَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ وَتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍۚ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِۘ تَوْبَةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماً

Wama kana limu/minin anyaqtula mu/minan illa khataan waman qatala mu/minankhataan fatahreeru raqabatin mu/minatin wadiyatunmusallamatun ila ahlihi illa an yassaddaqoofa-in kana min qawmin AAaduwwin lakum wahuwa mu/minun fatahreeruraqabatin mu/minatin wa-in kana min qawmin baynakumwabaynahum meethaqun fadiyatun musallamatun ilaahlihi watahreeru raqabatin mu/minatin faman lam yajid fasiyamushahrayni mutatabiAAayni tawbatan mina Allahi wakanaAllahu AAaleeman hakeema

It is not for a believer to kill a believer save in error; and whoso kills a believer in error: the manumission of a believing slave, and blood-money delivered to his family save if they forgive by way of charity. And if he be of a people at enmity with you and a believer: the manumission of a believing slave; and if he be of a people between whom and you is a treaty: blood-money delivered to his family, and the manumission of a believing slave. And whoso has not the means: a fast of two months consecutively as repentance from God; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-92.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** رَقَبَةٍۢ ۖ — raqabatin · "a slave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغْوِ ف۪ٓي اَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الْاَيْمَانَۚ فَكَفَّارَتُهُٓ اِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاك۪ينَ مِنْ اَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ اَهْل۪يكُمْ اَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ اَوْ تَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍۜ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلٰثَةِ اَيَّامٍۜ ذٰلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ اَيْمَانِكُمْ اِذَا حَلَفْتُمْۜ وَاحْفَظُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

La yu-akhithukumu Allahubillaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukumbima AAaqqadtumu al-aymana fakaffaratuhu itAAamuAAasharati masakeena min awsati ma tutAAimoonaahleekum aw kiswatuhum aw tahreeru raqabatin faman lamyajid fasiyamu thalathati ayyamin thalikakaffaratu aymanikum itha halaftum wahfathooaymanakum kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakum ayatihilaAAallakum tashkuroon

God will not take you to task for the vain speech in your oaths; but He will take you to task for what you have contracted by oath, whereof the expiation is the feeding of ten needy persons with the average of that you feed your families, or the clothing of them, or the manumission of a slave; but whoso has not the means, then a fast of three days. That is the expiation of your oaths when you have sworn. But keep your oaths; thus does God make plain to you His proofs, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-89.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّقِيبَ — l-raqība · "the Watcher"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ اِلَّا مَٓا اَمَرْتَن۪ي بِه۪ٓ  اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ رَبّ۪ي وَرَبَّكُمْۚ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَه۪يداً مَا دُمْتُ ف۪يهِمْۚ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَن۪ي كُنْتَ اَنْتَ الرَّق۪يبَ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَاَنْتَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَه۪يدٌ

Ma qultu lahum illa maamartanee bihi ani oAAbudoo Allaha rabbee warabbakumwakuntu AAalayhim shaheedan ma dumtu feehim falammatawaffaytanee kunta anta arraqeeba AAalayhim waanta AAalakulli shay-in shaheed

“I said not to them but what Thou commandedst me: ‘Serve God, my Lord and your Lord.’ And I was a witness to them while I was among them; but when Thou tookest me, Thou wast the watcher over them; and Thou art witness to all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-117.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** يَرْقُبُوا۟ — yarqubū · "they do not regard (the ties)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

كَيْفَ وَاِنْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا ف۪يكُمْ اِلاًّ وَلَا ذِمَّةًۜ يُرْضُونَكُمْ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتَأْبٰى قُلُوبُهُمْۚ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ فَاسِقُونَۚ

Kayfa wa-in yathharoo AAalaykumla yarquboo feekum illan wala thimmatan yurdoonakumbi-afwahihim wata/ba quloobuhum waaktharuhum fasiqoon

How, when if they get the better of you, they observe neither pact of kinship nor obligation to protect? They please you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse; and most of them are perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-8.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** يَرْقُبُونَ — yarqubūna · "they respect (the ties)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَا يَرْقُبُونَ ف۪ي مُؤْمِنٍ اِلاًّ وَلَا ذِمَّةًۜ  وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُعْتَدُونَ

La yarquboona fee mu/minin illan walathimmatan waola-ika humu almuAAtadoon

And they regard towards a believer neither pact of kinship, nor obligation to protect; and it is they who are the transgressors.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-10.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرِّقَابِ — l-riqābi · "the (freeing of) the necks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَالْعَامِل۪ينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَ۬لَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِم۪ينَ وَف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۜ فَر۪يضَةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Innama assadaqatulilfuqara-i walmasakeeni walAAamileenaAAalayha walmu-allafati quloobuhum wafee arriqabiwalgharimeena wafee sabeeli Allahi wabniassabeeli fareedatan mina Allahi wallahuAAaleemun hakeemun

Charity is but for the poor and the needy, and the workers with it, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and for slaves and debtors, and in the cause of God, and the wayfarer — an obligation from God; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-60.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ — wa-ir'taqibū · "And watch"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَيَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلٰى مَكَانَتِكُمْ اِنّ۪ي عَامِلٌۜ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَۙ مَنْ يَأْت۪يهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْز۪يهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌۜ وَارْتَقِبُٓوا اِنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ رَق۪يبٌ

Waya qawmi iAAmaloo AAala makanatikuminnee AAamilun sawfa taAAlamoona man ya/teehi AAathabunyukhzeehi waman huwa kathibun wartaqiboo innemaAAakum raqeeb

And: “O my people: work according to your power — I am working; you will come to know to whom comes a punishment that disgraces him, and who is a liar. And watch — I am with you watching.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-93.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** رَقِيبٌۭ — raqībun · "a watcher"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَيَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلٰى مَكَانَتِكُمْ اِنّ۪ي عَامِلٌۜ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَۙ مَنْ يَأْت۪يهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْز۪يهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌۜ وَارْتَقِبُٓوا اِنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ رَق۪يبٌ

Waya qawmi iAAmaloo AAala makanatikuminnee AAamilun sawfa taAAlamoona man ya/teehi AAathabunyukhzeehi waman huwa kathibun wartaqiboo innemaAAakum raqeeb

And: “O my people: work according to your power — I am working; you will come to know to whom comes a punishment that disgraces him, and who is a liar. And watch — I am with you watching.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-93.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** تَرْقُبْ — tarqub · "you respect"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُ۬مَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَت۪ي وَلَا بِرَأْس۪يۚ اِنّ۪ي خَش۪يتُ اَنْ تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْل۪ي

Qala yabnaomma la ta/khuthbilihyatee wala bira/see innee khasheetu an taqoolafarraqta bayna banee isra-eela walam tarqub qawlee

Said he: “O son of my mother: seize thou me not by my beard, nor by my head! I feared lest thou say: ‘Thou hast caused division among the children of Israel, and hast not observed my word.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-94.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَرَقَّبُ — yataraqqabu · "(and) was vigilant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَاَصْبَحَ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ خَٓائِفاً يَتَرَقَّبُ فَاِذَا الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَرَهُ بِالْاَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۜ قَالَ لَهُ مُوسٰٓى اِنَّكَ لَغَوِيٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Faasbaha fee almadeenati kha-ifanyataraqqabu fa-itha allathee istansarahu bil-amsiyastasrikhuhu qala lahu moosa innakalaghawiyyun mubeen

And in the morning he was in the city, in dread, expectant: — and when he who had sought his help the day before had cried out to him for help, Moses said to him: “Thou art one clearly erring!” —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-18.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ — yataraqqabu · "(and) vigilant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَٓائِفاً يَتَرَقَّبُۘ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّن۪ي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ۟

Fakharaja minha kha-ifanyataraqqabu qala rabbi najjinee mina alqawmi aththalimeen

And he went out therefrom in dread, expectant. He said: “My Lord: deliver Thou me from the wrongdoing people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-21.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** رَّقِيبًۭا — raqīban · "an Observer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّسَٓاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلَٓا اَنْ تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ اَزْوَاجٍ وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ اِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَم۪ينُكَۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رَق۪يـباً۟

La yahillu laka annisaomin baAAdu wala an tabaddala bihinna min azwajinwalaw aAAjabaka husnuhunna illa ma malakatyameenuka wakana Allahu AAala kulli shay-inraqeeba

Not lawful for thee are women thereafter, nor that thou exchange them for any wives, though their beauty please thee save what thy right hand possesses; and God is watchful over all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-52.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱرْتَقِبْ — fa-ir'taqib · "Then watch"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَٓاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُب۪ينٍۙ

Fartaqib yawma ta/tee assamaobidukhanin mubeen

So watch thou for the day the sky will bring obvious smoke

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-10.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱرْتَقِبْ — fa-ir'taqib · "So watch"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ

Fartaqib innahum murtaqiboon

Then watch thou — they are watching.

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-59.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** مُّرْتَقِبُونَ — mur'taqibūna · "(too are) watching"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ

Fartaqib innahum murtaqiboon

Then watch thou — they are watching.

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-59.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرِّقَابِ — l-riqābi · "the necks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَاِذَا لَق۪يتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَثْخَنْتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَناًّ بَعْدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَٓاءً حَتّٰى تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ اَوْزَارَهَاۚۛ ذٰلِكَۜۛ وَلَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ۬ا بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ قُتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنْ يُضِلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Fa-itha laqeetumu allatheenakafaroo fadarba arriqabi hattaitha athkhantumoohum fashuddoo alwathaqa fa-immamannan baAAdu wa-imma fidaan hatta tadaAAaalharbu awzaraha thalika walaw yashaoAllahu lantasara minhum walakinliyabluwa baAAdakum bibaAAdin wallatheenaqutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi falan yudillaaAAmalahum

And when you meet those who ignore warning: — then the smiting of the necks. When you have battled them strenuously, then make strong the bonds; then: — either grace thereafter or ransom, until the war lays down its burdens. That when, had God willed, He would have taken revenge upon them; but that He might try some of you by means of others[...]. And those who are slain in the cause of God, He will not send their deeds astray;

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-4.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** رَقِيبٌ — raqībun · "(is) an observer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ اِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَق۪يبٌ عَت۪يدٌ

Ma yalfithu min qawlinilla ladayhi raqeebun AAateed

He utters not a word save with him is a watcher ready.

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-18.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ — fa-ir'taqib'hum · "so watch them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

اِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْۘ

Inna mursiloo annaqatifitnatan lahum fartaqibhum wastabir

“We are sending the she-camel as a means of denial for them; so watch thou them and be thou steadfast.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-27.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** رَقَبَةٍۢ — raqabatin · "(of) a slave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْ نِسَٓائِهِمْ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا قَالُوا فَـتَحْر۪يرُ رَقَـبَةٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَتَمَٓاسَّاۜ ذٰلِكُمْ تُوعَظُونَ بِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يرٌ

Wallatheena yuthahiroonamin nisa-ihim thumma yaAAoodoona lima qaloofatahreeru raqabatin min qabli an yatamassa thalikumtooAAathoona bihi wallahu bimataAAmaloona khabeer

And those who assist among their wives, then go back on what they have said: — the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. By that are you admonished; and God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-3.md_

### 90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** رَقَبَةٍ — raqabatin · "a neck"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ

Fakku raqaba

The freeing of a slave,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-13.md_

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