# Sin-Vav-Kaf — سوق (swq) > Occurs in 17 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/swq - **Meaning:** To drive to market, to dispatch, to take, to direct, to insist, to drag, to drive by car, to guide, to operate a vehicle, to drive a car - **Derived forms:** سَائِق (1) · سَاق (4) · سُّوق (4) · سِيقَ (7) · مَسَاق (1) ## Verses containing this root ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 57 - **Form in this verse:** سُقْنَـٰهُ — suq'nāhu · "We drive them" - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَقَلَّتْ سَحَاباً ثِقَالاً سُقْنَاهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَيِّتٍ فَاَنْزَلْنَا بِهِ الْمَٓاءَ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۜ كَذٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتٰى لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ Wahuwa allathee yursilu arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi hatta ithaaqallat sahaban thiqalan suqnahu libaladinmayyitin faanzalna bihi almaa faakhrajnabihi min kulli aththamarati kathalikanukhriju almawta laAAallakum tathakkaroon And He it is that sends the winds as glad tidings before His mercy. When they have gathered up heavy clouds, We drive them to a dead land and send down the water therein, and bring forth therewith every fruit, — thus will We bring forth the dead — that you might take heed. _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-57.md_ ### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 6 - **Form in this verse:** يُسَاقُونَ — yusāqūna · "they were driven" - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense يُجَادِلُونَكَ فِي الْحَقِّ بَعْدَ مَا تَبَيَّنَ كَاَنَّمَا يُسَاقُونَ اِلَى الْمَوْتِ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَۜ Yujadiloonaka fee alhaqqibaAAda ma tabayyana kaannama yusaqoona ilaalmawti wahum yanthuroon Disputing with thee concerning the truth after it had become clear, as if they were being driven to death when they were looking on. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-6.md_ ### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 86 - **Form in this verse:** وَنَسُوقُ — wanasūqu · "And We will drive" - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense وَنَسُوقُ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ وِرْداًۢ Wanasooqu almujrimeena ila jahannamawirda And drive the lawbreakers to Gehenna as a destination, _https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-86.md_ ### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 7 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ — l-aswāqi · "the markets" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَقَالُوا مَالِ هٰذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْش۪ي فِي الْاَسْوَاقِۜ لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذ۪يراًۙ Waqaloo mali hatha arrasooliya/kulu attaAAama wayamshee fee al-aswaqilawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maAAahu natheera And they say: “What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Oh, that an angel were but sent down to him to be a warner with him! _https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-7.md_ ### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 20 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ — l-aswāqi · "the markets" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ اِلَّٓا اِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِي الْاَسْوَاقِۜ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةًۜ اَتَصْبِرُونَۚ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَص۪يراً۟ Wama arsalna qablaka minaalmursaleena illa innahum laya/kuloona attaAAamawayamshoona fee al-aswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakumlibaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakanarabbuka baseera And We sent not before thee any emissaries, but that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We made some of you a means of denial for others. Will you be patient? And thy Lord is seeing. _https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-20.md_ ### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 44 - **Form in this verse:** سَاقَيْهَا ۚ — sāqayhā · "her shins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case ق۪يلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَار۪يرَۜ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْس۪ي وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۟ Qeela laha odkhulee assarhafalamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAansaqayha qala innahu sarhunmumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtunafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameen (It was said to her: “Enter thou the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it a body of water and uncovered her legs. He said: “It is a palace made smooth with glass.”) She said, “My Lord: I have wronged my soul, and I submit with Solomon to God, the Lord of All Creation.” _https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-44.md_ ### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 27 - **Form in this verse:** نَسُوقُ — nasūqu · "drive" - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا نَسُوقُ الْمَٓاءَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ اَنْعَامُهُمْ وَاَنْفُسُهُمْۜ اَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ Awa lam yaraw anna nasooqu almaaila al-ardi aljuruzi fanukhriju bihi zarAAanta-kulu minhu anAAamuhum waanfusuhum afala yubsiroon Have they not considered that We drive the water to the barren land, and bring forth therewith crops whereof their cattle and they themselves eat? Will they then not see! _https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-27.md_ ### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 9 - **Form in this verse:** فَسُقْنَـٰهُ — fasuq'nāhu · "and We drive them" - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense وَاللّٰهُ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُث۪يرُ سَحَاباً فَسُقْنَاهُ اِلٰى بَلَدٍ مَيِّتٍ فَاَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۜ كَذٰلِكَ النُّشُورُ Wallahu allathee arsalaarriyaha fatutheeru sahaban fasuqnahuila baladin mayyitin faahyayna bihi al-ardabaAAda mawtiha kathalika annushoor And God is He who sends the winds, that they stir up a cloud; and We drive it to a dead land, and give life thereby to the earth after its death. Thus is the Resurrection. _https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-9.md_ ### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 33 - **Form in this verse:** بِٱلسُّوقِ — bil-sūqi · "over the legs" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّۜ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحاً بِالسُّوقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ Ruddooha AAalayya fatafiqa mashanbissooqi wal-aAAnaq “Return them to me!” Then he began to rub down their legs and necks. _https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-33.md_ ### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 71 - **Form in this verse:** وَسِيقَ — wasīqa · "And (will) be driven" - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense وَس۪يقَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ زُمَراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا فُتِحَتْ اَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُـهَٓا اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ اٰيَاتِ رَبِّكُمْ وَيُنْذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَاۜ قَالُوا بَلٰى وَلٰكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ Waseeqa allatheena kafaroo ilajahannama zumaran hatta itha jaoohafutihat abwabuha waqala lahumkhazanatuha alam ya/tikum rusulun minkum yatloonaAAalaykum ayati rabbikum wayunthiroonakumliqaa yawmikum hatha qaloo bala walakinhaqqat kalimatu alAAathabi AAala alkafireen And those who ignore warning will be driven into Gehenna in companies. When they have come to it, the gates thereof will be opened, and the keepers thereof will say to them: “Came there not to you messengers from among you, reciting to you the proofs of your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours?” They will say: “Verily.” But the word of punishment is binding upon the false claimers of guidance. _https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-71.md_ ### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 73 - **Form in this verse:** وَسِيقَ — wasīqa · "And (will) be driven" - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense وَس۪يقَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ زُمَراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا وَفُتِحَتْ اَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِد۪ينَ Waseeqa allatheena ittaqaw rabbahumila aljannati zumaran hatta itha jaoohawafutihat abwabuha waqala lahumkhazanatuha salamun AAalaykum tibtum fadkhuloohakhalideen And those who were in prudent fear of their Lord will be driven towards the Garden in companies. When they have come to it and the gates thereof have been opened[...]. And the keepers thereof will say to them: “Peace be upon you! You did well; so enter it, abiding eternally.” _https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-73.md_ ### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 29 - **Form in this verse:** سُوقِهِۦ — sūqihi · "its stem" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُٓ اَشِدَّٓاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَٓاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرٰيهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناًۘ س۪يمَاهُمْ ف۪ي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُودِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِۚۛ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْاِنْج۪يلِ۠ۛ كَزَرْعٍ اَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُ۫ فَاٰزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوٰى عَلٰى سُوقِه۪ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغ۪يظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَۜ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَاَجْراً عَظ۪يماً Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi wallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari assujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee attawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu fastaghlathafastawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu azzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheema Muḥammad is the messenger of God. And those with him are hard against the atheists, merciful among themselves — thou seest them lowly, in submission, seeking favour from God and approval, their mark on their faces of the effects of the Submission — that is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is like a seed that put forth its shoot, and strengthens it, and established itself upon its stem pleasing the sowers, that by them He might enrage the atheists. God has promised those who heed warning and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward. _https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-29.md_ ### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 21 - **Form in this verse:** سَآئِقٌۭ — sāiqun · "a driver" - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite وَجَٓاءَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَعَهَا سَٓائِقٌ وَشَه۪يدٌ Wajaat kullu nafsin maAAaha sa-iqunwashaheed And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness: _https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-21.md_ ### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 42 - **Form in this verse:** سَاقٍۢ — sāqin · "the shin" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَۙ Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon The day the shin is uncovered — and they are invited to the Submission, but they are not able — _https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-42.md_ ### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 29 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّاقُ — l-sāqu · "the leg" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq And leg is wound about leg.) _https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-29.md_ ### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 29 - **Form in this verse:** بِٱلسَّاقِ — bil-sāqi · "about the leg" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِۙ Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq And leg is wound about leg.) _https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-29.md_ ### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 30 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَسَاقُ — l-masāqu · "(will be) the driving" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case اِلٰى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْمَسَاقُۜ‌۟ Ila rabbika yawma-ithin almasaq To thy Lord, that day, will be the driving. _https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-30.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.