Morphology Explorer — رقب
rqb
Root analysis: 24 occurrences across 20 verses in the Quran
رقب
rqb
24
Total Occurrences
20
Verses
14
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories
Part-of-Speech Distribution
Noun ×15
Verb ×9
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Word Forms in the Quran 14
رَقَبَةٍ
raqabahin
6
ٱلرِّقَابِ
lrriqaabi
3
رَقِيبٌ
raqibun
2
يَتَرَقَّبُ
yataraqqabu
2
فَٱرْتَقِبْ
fartaqib
2
رَقِيبًا
raqibana
1
ٱلرَّقِيبَ
lrraqiba
1
يَرْقُبُوا۟
yarqubua
1
يَرْقُبُونَ
yarqubuna
1
وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟
wartaqibua
1
تَرْقُبْ
tarqub
1
رَّقِيبًا
rraqibana
1
مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
mmurtaqibuna
1
فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ
fartaqibhum
1
Quranic Concordance 24
Every occurrence of the root رقب in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.
Tense / Aspect
- Perfect
- Completed action (past tense)
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or future action (present/future)
- Imperative
- A command or request
Voice
- Active
- Subject performs the action
- Passive
- Subject receives the action
Person
- 1st Person
- Speaker ("I" or "we")
- 2nd Person
- Addressed ("you")
- 3rd Person
- Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")
Gender & Number
- Masculine / Feminine
- Grammatical gender of the subject
- Singular
- One person or thing
- Dual
- Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
- Plural
- Three or more
Case
- Nominative
- Subject of the sentence
- Accusative
- Object of the verb
- Genitive
- After a preposition or in possession
State
- Definite
- With "al-" (the)
- Indefinite
- Without "al-" (a/an)
Derivation
- Participle
- Verb form used as adjective/noun
- Verbal Noun
- Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")
Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).
| Verse | Arabic | Transliteration | English | POS | Features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:177 | ٱلرِّقَابِ | lrriqaabi | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:1 | رَقِيبًا | raqibana | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:92 | رَقَبَةٍ | raqabahin | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:92 | رَقَبَةٍ | raqabahin | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:92 | رَقَبَةٍ | raqabahin | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 5:89 | رَقَبَةٍ | raqabahin | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 5:117 | ٱلرَّقِيبَ | lrraqiba | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 9:8 | يَرْقُبُوا۟ | yarqubua | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 9:10 | يَرْقُبُونَ | yarqubuna | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 9:60 | ٱلرِّقَابِ | lrriqaabi | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 11:93 | وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ | wartaqibua | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 11:93 | رَقِيبٌ | raqibun | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 20:94 | تَرْقُبْ | tarqub | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 28:18 | يَتَرَقَّبُ | yataraqqabu | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 28:21 | يَتَرَقَّبُ | yataraqqabu | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 33:52 | رَّقِيبًا | rraqibana | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 44:10 | فَٱرْتَقِبْ | fartaqib | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 44:59 | فَٱرْتَقِبْ | fartaqib | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 44:59 | مُّرْتَقِبُونَ | mmurtaqibuna | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 47:4 | ٱلرِّقَابِ | lrriqaabi | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 50:18 | رَقِيبٌ | raqibun | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 54:27 | فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ | fartaqibhum | (v.) The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Verb | V | |
| 58:3 | رَقَبَةٍ | raqabahin | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun | |
| 90:13 | رَقَبَةٍ | raqabahin | The root رقب (rqb) signifies watching | Noun | Noun |