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بَرْق

the lightning

বিদ্যুৎ

Root letters: ب ر قAppears 5 times in the Qur'an#1,289 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 129

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ب ر ق

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلْبَرْقَ5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْبَرْقَthe lightningl-barqa · 2 times
  • وَبَرْقٌۭand lightningwabarqun · 1 times
  • ٱلْبَرْقُthe lightningl-barqu · 1 times
  • بَرْقِهِۦ(of) its lightingbarqihi · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

  • أَبارِيقand jugsও কুঁজো
  • بَرِقَis dazzledস্থির হয়ে যাবে

Examples from the Qur'an

It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.

Surah 13:12 — Read full ayah

Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing of the disbelievers.

Surah 2:19 — Read full ayah

And of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.

Surah 30:24 — Read full ayah