# Kh-Ra-Kaf — خرق (xrq)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To pierce/bore/perforate, make a hole in something, to rend/slit/tear, feign or forge, be confounded or perplexed [so as to be unable to move], be ignorant of a thing, pass through/over/across, traverse, rough/ungentle/awkward/unskilled, unsound or deficient in intellect or understanding, to be liberal/bountiful/generous, be of generous disposition/largely beneficent, be denied gain of good or prosperity.
- **Derived forms:** خَرَقَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** وَخَرَقُوا۟ — wakharaqū · "and they falsely attribute"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَجَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ شُرَكَٓاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا لَهُ بَن۪ينَ وَبَنَاتٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۜ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ۟

WajaAAaloo lillahi shurakaaaljinna wakhalaqahum wakharaqoo lahu baneena wabanatinbighayri AAilmin subhanahu wataAAala AAammayasifoon

And they make for God partners of the domini, when He created them; and they ascribe to Him sons and daughters without knowledge. Glory be to Him! And exalted is He above what they describe!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-100.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** تَخْرِقَ — takhriqa · "tear"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَرَحاًۚ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْاَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُولاً

Wala tamshi fee al-ardi marahaninnaka lan takhriqa al-arda walan tablugha aljibalatoola

And walk thou not in the earth exultantly; thou wilt not cleave open the earth, nor wilt thou reach the mountains in height.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-37.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** خَرَقَهَا ۖ — kharaqahā · "he made a hole in it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّف۪ينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۜ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَاۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً اِمْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha rakiba fee assafeenati kharaqahaqala akharaqtaha litughriqa ahlaha laqadji/ta shay-an imra

So they went forth. When they had embarked on the boat, he made a hole therein. He said: “Hast thou made a hole therein to drown its people? Thou hast done a grievous thing.”

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** أَخَرَقْتَهَا — akharaqtahā · "Have you made a hole in it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّف۪ينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۜ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَاۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً اِمْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha rakiba fee assafeenati kharaqahaqala akharaqtaha litughriqa ahlaha laqadji/ta shay-an imra

So they went forth. When they had embarked on the boat, he made a hole therein. He said: “Hast thou made a hole therein to drown its people? Thou hast done a grievous thing.”

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

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