# Vav-Kaf-Ra — وقر (wqr)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to be heavy (in ear), deaf, heaviness in the ear, be gentle, gracious, respected
- **Derived forms:** تُوَقِّرُ (1) · وَقَار (1) · وَقْر (6) · وِقْر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَقْرًۭا ۚ — waqran · "deafness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْتَمِعُ اِلَيْكَۚ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ اٰيَةٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَاۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫كَ يُجَادِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Waminhum man yastamiAAu ilayka wajaAAalnaAAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihimwaqran wa-in yaraw kulla ayatin la yu/minoo bihahatta itha jaooka yujadiloonakayaqoolu allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

And among them are some who listen to thee, but We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness; and if they see every proof, they will not believe in it. When they have come to thee, they argue against thee, those who ignore warning, saying: “This is only legends of the former peoples.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-25.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** وَقْرًۭا ۚ — waqran · "deafness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوراً

WajaAAalna AAala quloobihimakinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran wa-ithathakarta rabbaka fee alqur-ani wahdahuwallaw AAala adbarihim nufoora

And We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when thou rememberest thy Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs in aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-46.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** وَقْرًۭا ۖ — waqran · "(is) deafness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّه۪ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُۜ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُٓوا اِذاً اَبَداً

Waman athlamu mimman thukkirabi-ayati rabbihi faaAArada AAanhawanasiya ma qaddamat yadahu inna jaAAalnaAAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihimwaqran wa-in tadAAuhum ila alhuda falan yahtadoo ithanabada

And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the proofs of his Lord, then turns away therefrom and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And though thou invitest them to the guidance, they will not be guided then ever.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-57.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** وَقْرًۭا ۖ — waqran · "(is) deafness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيَاتُنَا وَلّٰى مُسْتَكْبِراً كَاَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَاَنَّ ف۪ٓي اُذُنَيْهِ وَقْراًۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunawalla mustakbiran kaan lam yasmaAAha kaanna fee othunayhiwaqran fabashshirhu biAAathabin aleem

And when Our proofs are recited to him he turns away, waxing proud, as if he heard them not, as if there were in his ears deafness; so give thou him tidings of a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-7.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَقْرٌۭ — waqrun · "(is) deafness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا ف۪ٓي اَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَٓا اِلَيْهِ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنْ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ اِنَّـنَا عَامِلُونَ

Waqaloo quloobuna fee akinnatinmimma tadAAoona ilayhi wafee athaninawaqrun wamin baynina wabaynika hijabun faAAmalinnana AAamiloon

And they say: “Upon our hearts are coverings against that to which thou invitest us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and thee is a partition; then work thou — we are working.”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-5.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** وَقْرٌۭ — waqrun · "(is) deafness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً اَعْجَمِياًّ لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُۜ  ءَاَۭۘعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّۜ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَٓاءٌۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًىۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ۟

Walaw jaAAalnahu qur-ananaAAjamiyyan laqaloo lawla fussilat ayatuhuaaAAjamiyyun waAAarabiyyun qul huwa lillatheena amanoohudan washifaon wallatheena layu/minoona fee athanihim waqrun wahuwa AAalayhim AAaman ola-ikayunadawna min makanin baAAeed

And had We made it a recitation in a foreign tongue, they would have said: “Oh, that its proofs were but set out and detailed — a foreign tongue and an Arab!” Say thou: “It is for those who heed warning a guidance and a healing”; but those who do not believe: in their ears is deafness, and it is for them blindness; those: they are called from a far place.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-44.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** وَتُوَقِّرُوهُ — watuwaqqirūhu · "and respect him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُۜ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Litu/minoo billahi warasoolihiwatuAAazziroohu watuwaqqiroohu watusabbihoohu bukratan waaseela

That you might believe in God and His messenger, and support him and honour him — and give glory to Him morning and evening.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-9.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** وِقْرًۭا — wiq'ran · "a load"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْراًۙ

Falhamilati wiqra

And those bearing a burden,

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-2.md_

### 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَارًۭا — waqāran · "grandeur"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلّٰهِ وَقَاراًۚ

Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahiwaqara

What ails you that you look not for majesty in God,

_https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-13.md_

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