رعي
r-ʿ-y
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root رعي across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root رعي primarily means to guard, preserve, or pasture animals, implying careful oversight. It extends to observing, considering, or taking care of something, like a promise or a right.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
r-ʿ-y
Listen:
ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ
87:4
Root letters:
ر — ع — ي
Word Family Tree (9 forms)
All word forms derived from the root رعي as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 6×
Verb 4×
Concordance — 10 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root رعي appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (6) · Verb (4)
Noun (6 verses — showing first 5)
The Believers 23:8
Noun
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ ٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentiv
وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاۤءَ مَدۡیَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَیۡهِ أُمَّةࣰ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ یَسۡقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمۡرَأَتَیۡنِ تَذُودَانِۖ قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُمَاۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسۡقِی حَتَّىٰ یُصۡدِرَ ٱلرِّعَاۤءُۖ وَأَبُونَا شَیۡخࣱ كَبِیرࣱ ٢٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when he came to the well of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women driving back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."
The Iron 57:27
Noun
ثُمَّ قَفَّیۡنَا عَلَىٰۤ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّیۡنَا بِعِیسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡیَمَ وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلۡإِنجِیلَۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأۡفَةࣰ وَرَحۡمَةࣰۚ وَرَهۡبَانِیَّةً ٱبۡتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبۡنَـٰهَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَاۤءَ رِضۡوَ ٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوۡهَا حَقَّ رِعَایَتِهَاۖ فَءَاتَیۡنَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنۡهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُمۡۖ وَكَثِیرࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَـٰسِقُونَ ٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then We sent following their footsteps Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah . But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ ٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentiv
أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
He extracted from it its water and its pasture
Derived Forms (9)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| رَٰعُونَ | raʿuwna | Noun | 2× | |
| ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ | lmarʿaā | Noun | 1× | |
| وَمَرْعَىٰهَا | wamarʿaāhaā | Noun | 1× | |
| رَعَوْهَا | raʿawhaā | Verb | 1× | |
| رِعَايَتِهَا | riʿaāyatihaā | Noun | 1× | |
| ٱلرِّعَآءُ | lriʿaāʾu | Noun | 1× | |
| وَٱرْعَوْا۟ | warʿawā | Verb | 1× | |
| وَرَٰعِنَا | waraʿinaā | Verb | 1× | |
| رَٰعِنَا | raʿinaā | Verb | 1× |