# Sin-Ra-Kaf — سرق (srq)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To steal, to commit theft, to pilfer, to snatch
- **Derived forms:** سَرَقَ (4) · سَّارِق (3) · سَّارِقَة (1) · ٱسْتَرَقَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلسَّارِقُ — wal-sāriqu · "And (for) the male thief"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَالاً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wassariqu wassariqatufaqtaAAoo aydiyahuma jazaan bimakasaba nakalan mina Allahi wallahuAAazeezun hakeem

And the male thief and the female thief: cut off their hand as a reward for what they have earned, as an exemplary punishment from God; and God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-38.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ — wal-sāriqatu · "and the female thief"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case

وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَالاً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wassariqu wassariqatufaqtaAAoo aydiyahuma jazaan bimakasaba nakalan mina Allahi wallahuAAazeezun hakeem

And the male thief and the female thief: cut off their hand as a reward for what they have earned, as an exemplary punishment from God; and God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-38.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** لَسَـٰرِقُونَ — lasāriqūna · "surely (are) thieves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ ف۪ي رَحْلِ اَخ۪يهِ ثُمَّ اَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ اَيَّتُهَا الْع۪يرُ اِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ

Falamma jahhazahum bijahazihimjaAAala assiqayata fee rahli akheehi thummaaththana mu-aththinun ayyatuha alAAeeruinnakum lasariqoon

And when he had furnished them with their provisions, he put the drinking-cup into the saddlebag of his brother. Then a crier cried: “O you of the caravan: you are thieves!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-70.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** سَـٰرِقِينَ — sāriqīna · "thieves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

قَالُوا تَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَارِق۪ينَ

Qaloo tallahi laqadAAalimtum ma ji/na linufsida fee al-ardi wamakunna sariqeen

Said they: “By God, you know we came not to work corruption in the land! And we are not thieves.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-73.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْرِقْ — yasriq · "he steals"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُٓوا اِنْ يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ اَخٌ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ فَاَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ ف۪ي نَفْسِه۪ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ قَالَ اَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَكَاناًۚ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ

Qaloo in yasriq faqad saraqa akhunlahu min qablu faasarraha yoosufu fee nafsihi walam yubdihalahum qala antum sharrun makanan wallahuaAAlamu bima tasifoon

Said they: “If he steals, then there stole a brother of his before.” (But Joseph concealed it within his soul, and did not reveal it to them, saying: “You are in worse position; and God best knows what you describe.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-77.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** سَرَقَ — saraqa · "stole"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالُٓوا اِنْ يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ اَخٌ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ فَاَسَرَّهَا يُوسُفُ ف۪ي نَفْسِه۪ وَلَمْ يُبْدِهَا لَهُمْ قَالَ اَنْتُمْ شَرٌّ مَكَاناًۚ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَصِفُونَ

Qaloo in yasriq faqad saraqa akhunlahu min qablu faasarraha yoosufu fee nafsihi walam yubdihalahum qala antum sharrun makanan wallahuaAAlamu bima tasifoon

Said they: “If he steals, then there stole a brother of his before.” (But Joseph concealed it within his soul, and did not reveal it to them, saying: “You are in worse position; and God best knows what you describe.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-77.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** سَرَقَ — saraqa · "has stolen"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِرْجِعُٓوا اِلٰٓى اَب۪يكُمْ فَقُولُوا يَٓا اَبَانَٓا اِنَّ ابْنَكَ سَرَقَۚ وَمَا شَهِدْنَٓا اِلَّا بِمَا عَلِمْنَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِلْغَيْبِ حَافِظ۪ينَ

IrjiAAoo ila abeekum faqooloo yaabana inna ibnaka saraqa wama shahidnailla bima AAalimna wama kunnalilghaybi hafitheen

“Return to your father, and say: ‘O our father: thy son stole; and we bear not witness save to what we know; and we are not custodians of the Unseen.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-81.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَرَقَ — is'taraqa · "steals"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَاَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Illa mani istaraqa assamAAafaatbaAAahu shihabun mubeen

Save such as steals a hearing; and a clear flame follows him.

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

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْرِقْنَ — yasriq'na · "they will steal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اِذَا جَٓاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ لَا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْن۪ينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ اَوْلَادَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْت۪ينَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَفْتَر۪ينَهُ بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِنَّ وَاَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْص۪ينَكَ ف۪ي مَعْرُوفٍ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha annabiyyu ithajaaka almu/minatu yubayiAAnaka AAalaan la yushrikna billahi shay-an walayasriqna wala yazneena wala yaqtulna awladahunnawala ya/teena bibuhtanin yaftareenahu baynaaydeehinna waarjulihinna wala yaAAseenaka feemaAAroofin fabayiAAhunna wastaghfir lahunna Allahainna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

O Prophet: when the believing women come to thee, swearing fealty to thee: — that they will not ascribe a partnership with God to anything; and they will not steal; and they will not commit unlawful sexual intercourse; and they will not kill their children; and they will not produce a calumny they have invented between their hands and their feet; and they will not disobey thee in what is fitting; — then accept thou their fealty, and ask thou God to forgive them; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-12.md_

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