# Ra-Kaf-Dal — رقد (rqd)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To sleep, lull, be dull, ragged, overlook. Ruqud - sleeping. Marqad - bed, sleeping place, grave.
- **Derived forms:** رُقُود (1) · مَّرْقَد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** رُقُودٌۭ ۚ — ruqūdun · "(were) asleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَص۪يدِۜ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

And thou thinkest them awake, when they are asleep; and We cause them to turn to the right and the left.) And their dog was stretching out its two paws on the threshold — hadst thou looked upon them, thou wouldst have turned away from them in flight and been filled with terror of them.

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

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ — marqadinā · "our sleeping place"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَنْ بَعَثَنَا مِنْ مَرْقَدِنَ۔اۢ هٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Qaloo ya waylana manbaAAathana min marqadina hatha mawaAAada arrahmanu wasadaqaalmursaloon

They will say: “Woe is us! Who has raised us from our sleeping place?” — “This is what the Almighty promised! And the emissaries spoke truth!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-52.md_

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