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درك

d-r-k

The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Root

د-ر-ك

34

Total uses

33

Verses

25

Surahs

16

Forms

Root

د-ر-ك

Root Meaning

The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Derived forms

أَدۡرَىٰكَ13دِيَٰرِكُمۡ4يُدۡرِيكَ3تُدۡرِكُهُ2يُدۡرِككُّمُ1يُدۡرِكۡهُ1ٱلدَّرۡكِ1يُدۡرِكُ1ٱدَّارَكُواْ1أَدۡرَىٰكُم1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

An-Nisa 4:78

يُدْرِككُّمُMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers. Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is from Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them they say: This is of thy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto them): All is from Allah. What is amiss with these people that they come not nigh to understand a happening

An-Nisa 4:100

يُدْرِكْهُMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Whoso migrateth for the cause of Allah will find much refuge and abundance in the earth, and whoso forsaketh his home, a fugitive unto Allah and His messenger, and death overtaketh him, his reward is then incumbent on Allah. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful

An-Nisa 4:145

ٱلدَّرْكِMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Lo! the hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of the Fire, and thou wilt find no helper for them

Al-An'am 6:103

تُدْرِكُهُMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware

Al-A'raf 7:38

ٱدَّارَكُوا۟Meaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth its sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not

Yunus 10:90

أَدْرَكَهُMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when the (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed: I believe that there is no Allah save Him in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him)

Ta-Ha 20:77

دَرَكًاMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea)

Ash-Shu'ara 26:61

لَمُدْرَكُونَMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught

An-Naml 27:66

ٱدَّٰرَكَMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

Nay, but doth their knowledge reach to the Hereafter? Nay, for they are in doubt concerning it. Nay, for they cannot see it

Ya-Sin 36:40

تُدْرِكَMeaning here: The root "drk" signifies reaching, overtaking, or coming up with something or someone. It implies continuity, uninterrupted sequence, or successive arrival.

It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit

🔎 Across the Quran (23)

Al-Baqarah 2:84

وَإِذۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمۡ لَا تَسۡفِكُونَ دِمَآءَكُمۡ وَلَا تُخۡرِجُونَ أَنفُسَكُم مِّن ثُمَّ أَقۡرَرۡتُمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ تَشۡهَدُونَ

Remember also that We made another solemn covenant with you: you shall not shed blood among yourselves nor expel one another from your homes. And you confirmed it and you are a witness to it

An-Nisa 4:66

وَلَوۡ أَنَّا كَتَبۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَنِ ٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱخۡرُجُواْ مِن مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ فَعَلُواْ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيۡرࣰ ا لَّهُمۡ وَأَشَدَّ تَثۡبِيتࣰ ا

Had We enjoined upon them: 'Slay yourselves', or 'Leave your habitations', very few of them would have done it; yet if they had done as they were admonished, it would have been better for them and would have strengthened them

Yunus 10:16

قُل لَّوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوۡتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَآ بِهِۦۖ فَقَدۡ لَبِثۡتُ فِيكُمۡ عُمُرࣰ ا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ

Tell them: 'Had Allah so willed, I would not have recited the Qur'an to you, nor would Allah have informed you of it. I have spent a lifetime among you before this. Do you, then, not use your reason

Hud 11:65

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُواْ فِي ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامࣲۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعۡدٌ غَيۡرُ مَكۡذُوبࣲ‏

But they slaughtered her. Thereupon Salih warned them: 'Enjoy yourselves in your homes for a maximum of three days. This is a promise which shall not be belied

Al-Ahzab 33:63

يَسۡـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَا لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا

People ask you concerning the Hour (of Resurrection). Say: “Allah alone has knowledge of it. What do you know? Perhaps the Hour is nigh.”

Ash-Shura 42:17

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۗ وَمَا لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبࣱ‏

Allah it is Who sent down this Book with the Truth and the Balance. And what would make you know that the Hour (of Judgement) has drawn near

Al-Mumtahanah 60:8

لَّا يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَلَمۡ يُخۡرِجُوكُم مِّن أَن تَبَرُّوهُمۡ وَتُقۡسِطُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَ

Allah does not forbid that you be kind and just to those who did not fight against you on account of religion, nor drove you out of your homes. Surely Allah loves those who are equitable

Al-Mumtahanah 60:9

إِنَّمَا يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَٰتَلُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخۡرَجُوكُم مِّن وَظَٰهَرُواْ عَلَىٰٓ إِخۡرَاجِكُمۡ أَن تَوَلَّوۡهُمۡۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

Allah only forbids you to be friends with those who have fought against you on account of religion and who have driven you out of your homes and have abetted in your expulsion. And any who make friends with them, they are the wrong-doers

Al-Qalam 68:49

لَّوۡلَآ أَن نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ‏

had his Lord not bestowed His favour upon him, he would have been cast upon that barren shore (and would have remained there) in disgrace

Al-Haqqah 69:3

وَمَآ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

And what do you know what that indubitable event is

Al-Muddaththir 74:27

وَمَآ مَا سَقَرُ

And what do you know what Hell is

Al-Mursalat 77:14

وَمَآ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ

What do you know what the Day of Judgement is

Abasa 80:3

وَمَا لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself

Al-Infitar 82:17

وَمَآ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

What do you know what the Day of Recompense is

Al-Infitar 82:18

ثُمَّ مَآ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Again, what do you know what the Day of Recompense is

Al-Mutaffifin 83:8

وَمَآ مَا سِجِّينࣱ‏

And how would you know what the Record of the prison-house is

Al-Mutaffifin 83:19

وَمَآ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ

And what do you know what the Record of the exalted ones is

At-Tariq 86:2

وَمَآ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

what do you know what the night-visitor is

Al-Balad 90:12

وَمَآ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

And what do you know what that difficult steep is

Al-Qadr 97:2

وَمَآ مَا لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ

And what do you know what the Night of Power is

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