# Ye-Kaf-Nun — يقن (yqn)

> Occurs in 28 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** certainty, surely, certainly, to be sure/certain/obvious, to ascertain, one who is certain
- **Derived forms:** مُسْتَيْقِنِين (1) · مُّوقِنِين (5) · يَقِين (8) · يُوقِنُ (12) · ٱسْتَيْقَنَتْ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "firmly believe"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۚ وَبِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَۜ

Wallatheena yu/minoona bimaonzila ilayka wama onzila min qablika wabil-akhiratihum yooqinoon

And those who believe in what was sent down to thee, and what was sent down before thee, and of the Hereafter they are certain:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-4.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "(who) firmly believe"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ لَوْلَا يُكَلِّمُنَا اللّٰهُ اَوْ تَأْت۪ينَٓا اٰيَةٌۜ  كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْۜ تَشَابَهَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Waqala allatheena layaAAlamoona lawla yukallimuna Allahu awta/teena ayatun kathalika qala allatheenamin qablihim mithla qawlihim tashabahat quloobuhum qadbayyanna al-ayati liqawmin yooqinoon

And those who know not say: “Oh, that God would but speak to us, or a proof but come to us!” Thus said those before them likewise; their hearts are similar. We have made plain the proofs for people who are certain.

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

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** يَقِينًۢا — yaqīnan · "certainly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَوْلِهِمْ اِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَس۪يحَ ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلٰكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِ لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْهُۜ مَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَق۪يناًۙ

Waqawlihim inna qatalnaalmaseeha AAeesa ibna maryama rasoola Allahiwama qataloohu wama salaboohu walakinshubbiha lahum wa-inna allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi lafeeshakkin minhu ma lahum bihi min AAilmin illa ittibaAAaaththanni wama qataloohu yaqeena

And for their saying: “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of God,” — and they killed him not nor crucified him, but it seemed so to them; and those who dispute concerning it are in doubt thereof, no knowledge have they thereof save the pursuit of conjecture — and they killed him not of a certainty;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-157.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "(who) firmly believe"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَۜ وَمَنْ اَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ حُكْماً لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ۟

Afahukma aljahiliyyatiyabghoona waman ahsanu mina Allahu hukmanliqawmin yooqinoon

Is it the judgment of ignorance they seek? And who is better than God in judgment for people who are certain?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-50.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ — l-mūqinīna · "the ones who are certain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَكَذٰلِكَ نُر۪ٓي اِبْرٰه۪يمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِن۪ينَ

Wakathalika nuree ibraheemamalakoota assamawati wal-ardiwaliyakoona mina almooqineen

And thus We showed Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and that he might be of those who are certain.

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

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** تُوقِنُونَ — tūqinūna · "believe with certainty"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي رَفَعَ السَّمٰوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۜ كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ي لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ يُدَبِّرُ الْاَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ بِلِقَٓاءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ

Allahu allathee rafaAAa assamawatibighayri AAamadin tarawnaha thumma istawa AAalaalAAarshi wasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamara kullunyajree li-ajalin musamman yudabbiru al-amra yufassilu al-ayatilaAAallakum biliqa-i rabbikum tooqinoon

God it is who raised up the heavens, without pillars you can see, then established Himself upon the Throne. And He made subject the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term. He directs the matter; He sets out and details the proofs, that you might be certain of the meeting with your Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-2.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَقِينُ — l-yaqīnu · "the certainty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَق۪ينُ

WaAAbud rabbaka hattaya/tiyaka alyaqeen

And serve thou thy Lord until the Certainty comes to thee.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-99.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** مُّوقِنِينَ — mūqinīna · "convinced"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۜ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِن۪ينَ

Qala rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi wama baynahuma in kuntummooqineen

He said: “The Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them; if you are certain––”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-24.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "believe with certainty"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

Allatheena yuqeemoona assalatawayu/toona azzakata wahum bil-akhiratihum yooqinoon

Those who uphold the duty, and render the purity, and of the Hereafter they are certain.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-3.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ — wa-is'tayqanathā · "though were convinced with them (signs)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَٓا اَنْفُسُهُمْ ظُلْماً وَعُلُواًّۜ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ۟

Wajahadoo biha wastayqanat-haanfusuhum thulman waAAuluwwan fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

And they rejected them, though their souls were convinced thereof, in injustice and arrogance. So see thou how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-14.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** يَقِينٍ — yaqīnin · "certain"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَع۪يدٍ فَقَالَ اَحَطْتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِه۪ وَجِئْتُكَ مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِنَبَأٍ يَق۪ينٍ

Famakatha ghayra baAAeedin faqala ahattubima lam tuhit bihi waji/tuka min saba-inbinaba-in yaqeen

But he tarried not long, and said: “I have encompassed what thou hast not encompassed; and I come to thee from Saba’ with a certain report.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-22.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present 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_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "certain in faith"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَاصْبِرْ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَلَا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ

Fasbir inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wala yastakhiffannaka allatheena layooqinoon

And be thou patient; the promise of God is true. And let not those who are not certain sway thee.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-60.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "believe firmly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَۜ

Allatheena yuqeemoona assalatawayu/toona azzakata wahum bil-akhiratihum yooqinoon

Those who uphold the duty, and render the purity, and of the Hereafter are certain:

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-4.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** مُوقِنُونَ — mūqinūna · "(are now) certain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا رُؤُ۫سِهِمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۜ رَبَّـنَٓا اَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَارْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـالِحاً اِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

Walaw tara ithi almujrimoona nakisooruoosihim AAinda rabbihim rabbana absarnawasamiAAna faarjiAAna naAAmal salihaninna mooqinoon

And if thou couldst see when the lawbreakers will hang their heads before their Lord: “Our Lord: we have seen and heard, so send Thou us back. We will work righteousness! We are those who are certain!”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-12.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ اَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِاَمْرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُواۜ وَكَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ

WajaAAalna minhum a-immatan yahdoonabi-amrina lamma sabaroo wakanoo bi-ayatinayooqinoon

And We appointed among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and of Our proofs were certain.

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

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** مُّوقِنِينَ — mūqinīna · "certain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۢ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِن۪ينَ

Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineen

Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them, if you are certain.

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-7.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "who are certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَف۪ي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَۙ

Wafee khalqikum wama yabuththu min dabbatinayatun liqawmin yooqinoon

And in your creation and the creatures He scatters in the earth are proofs for people who are certain;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-4.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "who are certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هٰذَا بَصَٓائِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Hatha basa-iru linnasiwahudan warahmatun liqawmin yooqinoon

This is a means of insight for mankind, and guidance, and a mercy for people who are certain.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-20.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ — bimus'tayqinīna · "(are) convinced"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of istif'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْر۪ي مَا السَّاعَةُۙ اِنْ نَظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَناًّ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِن۪ينَ

Wa-itha qeela inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wassaAAatu la rayba feehaqultum ma nadree ma assaAAatu in nathunnuilla thannan wama nahnubimustayqineen

“And when it was said: ‘The promise of God is true, as is the Hour about which there is no doubt,’ you said: ‘We know not what the Hour is; we think only assumption, and We are not convinced.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-32.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** لِّلْمُوقِنِينَ — lil'mūqinīna · "for those who are certain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَفِي الْاَرْضِ اٰيَاتٌ لِلْمُوقِن۪ينَۙ

Wafee al-ardi ayatunlilmooqineen

And in the earth are proofs for those who are certain,

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-20.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** يُوقِنُونَ — yūqinūna · "they are certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَۚ بَلْ لَا يُوقِنُونَۜ

Am khalaqoo assamawatiwal-arda bal la yooqinoon

Or if they created the heavens and the earth: — the truth is, they are not certain.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-36.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَقِينِ — l-yaqīni · "certain"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ الْيَق۪ينِۚ

Inna hatha lahuwa haqqualyaqeen

This is the truth of certainty.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-95.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَقِينِ — l-yaqīni · "(of) certainty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

وَاِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَق۪ينِ

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

And it is the truth of certainty.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-51.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ — liyastayqina · "that may be certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَا جَعَلْنَٓا اَصْحَابَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰٓئِكَةًۖ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَـفَرُواۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْـكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا ا۪يمَاناً وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْـكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْـكَافِرُونَ مَاذَٓا اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلاًۜ   كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَـهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَۜ  وَمَا هِيَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ۟

Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar

And We have made the Guardians of the Fire only angels. And We made their number only as a means of denial for those who ignore warning, that those given the Writ might be certain, and those who heed warning might increase in faith, and those given the Writ and the believers might not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is disease and the false claimers of guidance might say: “What means God by this similitude?” Thus God sends astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills; and there knows the forces of thy Lord only He. And this is only a reminder to mortal man.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-31.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَقِينُ — l-yaqīnu · "the certainty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

حَتّٰٓى اَتٰينَا الْيَق۪ينُۜ

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

“Until the Certainty came to us.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-47.md_

### 102. Surah At-Takathur, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَقِينِ — l-yaqīni · "(of) certainty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَق۪ينِۜ

Kalla law taAAlamoona AAilma alyaqeen

No, indeed! If you had known with the knowledge of certainty[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takathur/verse-5.md_

### 102. Surah At-Takathur, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَقِينِ — l-yaqīni · "(of) certainty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَق۪ينِۙ

Thumma latarawunnaha AAayna alyaqeen

Then will you see it with the eye of certainty.

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

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