# Vav-Kaf-Fe — وقف (wqf)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To stand, make someone to stand.
- **Derived forms:** مَوْقُوفُون (1) · وُقِفُ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وُقِفُوا۟ — wuqifū · "they are made to stand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلَى النَّارِ فَقَالُوا يَا لَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaw tara ith wuqifoo AAalaannari faqaloo ya laytananuraddu wala nukaththiba bi-ayatirabbina wanakoona mina almu/mineen

And if thou couldst see when they are set before the Fire: — then they will say: “Would that we were sent back! Then would we not deny the proofs of our Lord, but be among the believers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-27.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** وُقِفُوا۟ — wuqifū · "they will be made to stand"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلٰى رَبِّهِمْۜ  قَالَ اَلَيْسَ هٰذَا بِالْحَقِّۜ قَالُوا بَلٰى وَرَبِّنَاۜ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ۟

Walaw tara ith wuqifoo AAalarabbihim qala alaysa hatha bilhaqqiqaloo bala warabbina qala fathooqooalAAathaba bima kuntum takfuroon

And if thou couldst see when they are set before their Lord: — He will say: “Is then this not the truth?” They will say: “Verily, by our Lord!” He will say: “Then taste the punishment for what you denied!”

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

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** مَوْقُوفُونَ — mawqūfūna · "will be made to stand"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَلَا بِالَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِۜ وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۨ الْقَوْلَۚ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا  لَوْلَٓا اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lannu/mina bihatha alqur-ani wala billatheebayna yadayhi walaw tara ithi aththalimoonamawqoofoona AAinda rabbihim yarjiAAu baAAduhum ilabaAAdin alqawla yaqoolu allatheena istudAAifoolillatheena istakbaroo lawla antum lakunnamu/mineen

And those who ignore warning say: “We will never believe in this Qur’an, nor in what was before it.” But if thou couldst see when the wrongdoers are brought before their Lord, refuting each other’s word[...]. Those who were despised will say to those who had waxed proud: “Were it not for you, we would have been believers!”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-31.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَقِفُوهُمْ ۖ — waqifūhum · "And stop them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَقِفُوهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُ۫لُونَۙ

Waqifoohum innahum masooloon

“But stop them — they are to be questioned:

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-24.md_

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