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رَقِيب

raqīban

Ever-Watchful

দৃষ্টিবান

Root letters: ر ق بAppears 5 times in the Qur'an#1,342 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
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About this word

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

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)رَقِيبًۭا5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • رَقِيبًۭاEver-Watchfulraqīban · 1 times
  • ٱلرَّقِيبَthe Watcherl-raqība · 1 times
  • رَقِيبٌۭa watcherraqībun · 1 times
  • رَّقِيبًۭاan Observerraqīban · 1 times
  • رَقِيبٌ(is) an observerraqībun · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

Surah 50:18 — Read full ayah

And O my people, work according to your position; indeed, I am working. You are going to know to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him and who is a liar. So watch; indeed, I am with you a watcher, [awaiting the outcome]."

Surah 11:93 — Read full ayah

Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.

Surah 33:52 — Read full ayah