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عاقَبَ

ʿāqaba

has retaliated

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Root letters: ع ق بAppears 6 times in the Qur'an#1,189 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form III
Learn it in lesson 119

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IIIRoot letters: ع ق ب

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)عَاقَبَ5 times
  • Command (amr)فَعَاقِبُوا۟1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • عَاقَبْتُمْyou retaliateʿāqabtum · 1 times
  • فَعَاقِبُوا۟then retaliatefaʿāqibū · 1 times
  • عُوقِبْتُمyou were afflictedʿūqib'tum · 1 times
  • عَاقَبَhas retaliatedʿāqaba · 1 times
  • عُوقِبَhe was made to sufferʿūqiba · 1 times
  • فَعَاقَبْتُمْthen your turn comesfaʿāqabtum · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ع ق ب — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

Surah 16:126 — Read full ayah

That [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - Allāh will surely aid him. Indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.

Surah 22:60 — Read full ayah

And if you have lost any of your wives to the disbelievers and you subsequently obtain [something], then give those whose wives have gone the equivalent of what they had spent. And fear Allāh, in whom you are believers.

Surah 60:11 — Read full ayah