# Ra-Kaf-Ye — رقي (rqy)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To ascend, rise gradually, mount a ladder. mirqat - stair, ladder, stepping-stone, ascent. raqin - physician, charmer. taraqiya (pl. of tarquwutun) - collar bone(s), throat, clavicle (according to some its root is raqawa or tarqawa).
- **Derived forms:** تَرْقَىٰ (1) · رَاق (1) · رُقِيّ (1) · يَرْتَقُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** تَرْقَىٰ — tarqā · "you ascend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِنْ زُخْرُفٍ اَوْ تَرْقٰى فِي السَّمَٓاءِۜ وَلَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتّٰى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَاباً نَقْرَؤُ۬هُۜ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبّ۪ي هَلْ كُنْتُ اِلَّا بَشَراً رَسُولاً۟

Aw yakoona laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqafee assama-i walan nu/mina liruqiyyika hattatunazzila AAalayna kitaban naqraohu qul subhanarabbee hal kuntu illa basharan rasoola

“Or thou have a house of finery, or thou ascend into the sky; and we will not believe thy ascension until thou bring down upon us a writ we may read.” Say thou: “Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything save a mortal messenger!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-93.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** لِرُقِيِّكَ — liruqiyyika · "in your ascension"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِنْ زُخْرُفٍ اَوْ تَرْقٰى فِي السَّمَٓاءِۜ وَلَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتّٰى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَاباً نَقْرَؤُ۬هُۜ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبّ۪ي هَلْ كُنْتُ اِلَّا بَشَراً رَسُولاً۟

Aw yakoona laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqafee assama-i walan nu/mina liruqiyyika hattatunazzila AAalayna kitaban naqraohu qul subhanarabbee hal kuntu illa basharan rasoola

“Or thou have a house of finery, or thou ascend into the sky; and we will not believe thy ascension until thou bring down upon us a writ we may read.” Say thou: “Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything save a mortal messenger!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-93.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ — falyartaqū · "Then let them ascend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا۠ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْاَسْبَابِ

Am lahum mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wama baynahuma falyartaqoofee al-asbab

Or if they have the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them: — then let them ascend into the causes!

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-10.md_

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** رَاقٍۢ — rāqin · "(will) cure"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَق۪يلَ مَنْ۔ رَاقٍۙ

Waqeela man raq

And it is said: “Who is a healer?”

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

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