# Se-Kaf-Be — ثقب (vqb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** a hole, to pass through (a hole), bore/perforate/pierce/puncture, intense (surge), burn/blaze/flame brightly (e.g. as if to pierce through the night), ascend/reach, penetrate, struck/kindle fire, fuel for fire, a man very red, brilliant (can be applied to knowledge), a drill (instrument which perforates).
- **Derived forms:** ثَاقِب (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ثَاقِبٌۭ — thāqibun · "piercing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَاَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

Illa man khatifa alkhatfatafaatbaAAahu shihabun thaqib

Save he who snatches a fragment; and a piercing flame follows him.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-10.md_

### 86. Surah At-Tariq, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلثَّاقِبُ — l-thāqibu · "the piercing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · masculine · nominative case

اَلنَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ

Annajmu aththaqib

The piercing star!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tariq/verse-3.md_

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