# Ra-Te-Kaf — رتق (rtq)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To close, be joined together. Ratqan - closed up, single entity.
- **Derived forms:** رَتْق (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** رَتْقًۭا — ratqan · "a joined entity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنَّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقاً فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَاۜ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَٓاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّۜ اَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awa lam yara allatheenakafaroo anna assamawati wal-ardakanata ratqan fafataqnahuma wajaAAalnamina alma-i kulla shay-in hayyin afalayu/minoon

Have not those who ignore warning considered that the heavens and the earth were stitched together, then We ripped them apart and made of water every living thing? Will they then not believe!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-30.md_

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