# Vav-Kaf-Ayn — وقع (wqE)

> Occurs in 24 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to fall down, befall, come to pass, be conformed, happen, take place, ascertain.
- **Derived forms:** مُّوَاقِعُو (1) · مَوَٰقِع (1) · وَاقِع (6) · وَاقِعَة (2) · وَقَعَ (12) · وَقْعَت (1) · يُوقِعَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَ — waqaʿa · "(became) incumbent"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ يُهَاجِرْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ يَجِدْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُرَاغَماً كَث۪يراً وَسَعَةًۜ وَمَنْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْتِه۪ مُهَاجِراً اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ الْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ اَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً۟

Waman yuhajir fee sabeeli Allahiyajid fee al-ardi muraghaman katheeran wasaAAatanwaman yakhruj min baytihi muhajiran ila Allahiwarasoolihi thumma yudrik-hu almawtu faqad waqaAAa ajruhu AAalaAllahi wakana Allahu ghafooran raheema

And whoso emigrates in the cause of God will find in the earth much refuge and abundance; and whoso leaves his house as an émigré to God and His messenger, then death overtakes him: his reward is upon God; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-100.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِعَ — yūqiʿa · "cause"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلٰوةِۚ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ

Innama yureedu ashshaytanuan yooqiAAa baynakumu alAAadawata walbaghdaafee alkhamri walmaysiri wayasuddakum AAan thikriAllahi waAAani assalati fahal antummuntahoon

The satan but wishes to cause between you enmity and hatred in wine and the games of chance, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from the duty; so will you not desist?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-91.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَ — waqaʿa · "has fallen"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌۜ اَتُجَادِلُونَن۪ي ف۪ٓي اَسْمَٓاءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَٓا اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَانٍۜ فَانْتَظِرُٓوا اِنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِر۪ينَ

Qala qad waqaAAa AAalaykum minrabbikum rijsun waghadabun atujadiloonanee fee asma-insammaytumooha antum waabaokum manazzala Allahu biha min sultanin fantathirooinnee maAAakum mina almuntathireen

He said: “There have come upon you from your Lord abomination and wrath; dispute you with me concerning names which you have named, you and your fathers? God sent not down for these any authority. Then wait — I am with you waiting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-71.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** فَوَقَعَ — fawaqaʿa · "So was established"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَۚ

FawaqaAAa alhaqqu wabatala makanoo yaAAmaloon

And the truth was established, and what they did made vain.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-118.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 134

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَ — waqaʿa · "fell"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَۚ لَئِنْ كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَۚ

Walamma waqaAAa AAalayhimu arrijzuqaloo ya moosa odAAu lana rabbaka bimaAAahida AAindaka la-in kashafta AAanna arrijzalanu/minanna laka walanursilanna maAAaka banee isra-eel

And when the scourge came upon them, they said: “O Moses: call thou to thy Lord for us by what He covenanted with thee: if thou remove the scourge from us, we will believe thee, and send the children of Israel with thee.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-134.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** وَاقِعٌۢ — wāqiʿun · "(would) fall"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَاَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْۚ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ۟

Wa-ith nataqna aljabalafawqahum kaannahu thullatun wathannooannahu waqiAAun bihim khuthoo ma ataynakumbiquwwatin wathkuroo ma feehi laAAallakumtattaqoon

And when We raised the mountain above them as if it were a canopy: — and they supposed it was to fall upon them — “Hold fast what We give you; and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-171.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَ — waqaʿa · "(it had) occurred"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَثُمَّ اِذَا مَا وَقَعَ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِه۪ۜ آٰلْـٰٔنَ وَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ بِه۪ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Athumma itha ma waqaAAa amantumbihi al-ana waqad kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloon

Then is it, when it has befallen, you will believe in it? Now? When you had sought to hasten it?

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-51.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** فَقَعُوا۟ — faqaʿū · "then fall down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ ف۪يهِ مِنْ رُوح۪ي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِد۪ينَ

Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehimin roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideen

“And when I have formed him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down, to him in submission,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-29.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** مُّوَاقِعُوهَا — muwāqiʿūhā · "are to fall in it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of mufa'ale · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفاً۟

Waraa almujrimoona annarafathannoo annahum muwaqiAAooha walamyajidoo AAanha masrifa

And the lawbreakers will see the Fire and realise that they are to fall therein; and they will not find an escape therefrom.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-53.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** تَقَعَ — taqaʿa · "it falls"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَالْفُلْكَ تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ وَيُمْسِكُ السَّمَٓاءَ اَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha sakhkhara lakumma fee al-ardi walfulka tajree fee albahribi-amrihi wayumsiku assamaa an taqaAAa AAalaal-ardi illa bi-ithnihi inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

Dost thou not see that God made subject for you what is in the earth, and the ships run upon the sea by His command? And He holds back the sky lest it fall upon the earth save by His leave; God is to mankind kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-65.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَ — waqaʿa · "(is) fulfilled"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذَا وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ اَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَٓابَّةً مِنَ الْاَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْۙ اَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ۟

Wa-itha waqaAAa alqawlu AAalayhimakhrajna lahum dabbatan mina al-arditukallimuhum anna annasa kanoo bi-ayatinala yooqinoon

And when the word befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth telling them that men were of Our proofs not certain.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-82.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَقَعَ — wawaqaʿa · "And (will be) fulfilled"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا ظَلَمُوا فَهُمْ لَا يَنْطِقُونَ

WawaqaAAa alqawlu AAalayhim bima thalamoofahum la yantiqoon

And the word will befall them because they did wrong, and they will not speak.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-85.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** فَقَعُوا۟ — faqaʿū · "then fall down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ ف۪يهِ مِنْ رُوح۪ي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِد۪ينَ

Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehimin roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideen

“And when I have formed him, and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down, to him in submission.”

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-72.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَاقِعٌۢ — wāqiʿun · "(will) befall"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

تَرَى الظَّالِم۪ينَ مُشْفِق۪ينَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا وَهُوَ وَاقِـعٌ بِهِمْۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ ف۪ي رَوْضَاتِ الْجَنَّاتِۚ لَهُمْ مَا يَشَٓاؤُ۫نَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۜ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْكَب۪يرُ

Tara aththalimeenamushfiqeena mimma kasaboo wahuwa waqiAAun bihim wallatheenaamanoo waAAamiloo assalihati fee rawdatialjannati lahum ma yashaoona AAinda rabbihimthalika huwa alfadlu alkabeer

Thou wilt see the wrongdoers fearful of what they have earned; and it will befall them. And those who heed warning and do righteous deeds will be in the lush meadows of the Gardens; they will have what they wish with their Lord. That is the great favour,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-22.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** لَوَٰقِعٌۭ — lawāqiʿun · "(is) surely to occur"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِنَّ الدّ۪ينَ لَوَاقِـعٌۜ

Wa-inna addeena lawaqiAA

And the Judgment will befall.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-6.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** لَوَٰقِعٌۭ — lawāqiʿun · "(will) surely occur"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِـعٌۙ

Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAA

The punishment of thy Lord will befall;

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-7.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَتِ — waqaʿati · "occurs"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Itha waqaAAati alwaqiAAat

When the Event befalls,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-1.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ — l-wāqiʿatu · "the Event"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Itha waqaAAati alwaqiAAat

When the Event befalls,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-1.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** لِوَقْعَتِهَا — liwaqʿatihā · "at its occurrence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌۢ

Laysa liwaqAAatiha kathiba

— There is no denying its befalling —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-2.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** بِمَوَٰقِعِ — bimawāqiʿi · "by setting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِـعِ النُّجُومِۙ

Fala oqsimu bimawaqiAAi annujoom

Then I swear by the setting of the stars:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-75.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَعَتِ — waqaʿati · "will occur"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

Then, that day, the Event will befall,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-15.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ — l-wāqiʿatu · "the Occurrence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

Then, that day, the Event will befall,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-15.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** وَاقِعٍۢ — wāqiʿin · "bound to happen"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

سَاَلَ سَٓائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍۙ

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

A petitioner asked about a punishment to come

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-1.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** لَوَٰقِعٌۭ — lawāqiʿun · "will surely occur"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌۜ

Innama tooAAadoona lawaqiAA

What you are promised — it will befall.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mursalat/verse-7.md_

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