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عَقِب

his heels

তোমাদের গোড়ালির (অর্থাৎ পিছন দিকে)

Root letters: ع ق بAppears 8 times in the Qur'an#990 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 99

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: ع ق ب

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)عَقِبِهِۦ1 times
  • Dual (muthannā)عَقِبَيْهِ3 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • عَقِبَيْهِhis heelsʿaqibayhi · 2 times
  • أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْyour heelsaʿqābikum · 2 times
  • عَقِبَيْهِ ۚhis heelsʿaqibayhi · 1 times
  • أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ ۚyour heelsaʿqābikum · 1 times
  • أَعْقَابِنَاour heelsaʿqābinā · 1 times
  • عَقِبِهِۦhis descendentsʿaqibihi · 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 he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

Surah 43:28 — Read full ayah

My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels.

Surah 23:66 — Read full ayah

O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.

Surah 3:149 — Read full ayah