A2noun
فَريق
farīq
team
Example
نَعْمَل كَفَريق واحِد.
naʿmal kafarīq wāḥid.
We work as one team.
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Arabic root
ف-ر-ق
2 words from this root family
A2noun
فُرْقَانٌ
furqān
criterion / distinction (between truth and falsehood)
Example
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ
tabāraka alladhī nazzala al-Furqāna ʿalā ʿabdih
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant (25:1)
Grammar
Masculine noun (fuʿlān pattern). From فَرَقَ (to distinguish). A name for the Quran itself. Surah al-Furqān (25) is named after this concept.
Culture
The Quran is called al-Furqān because it distinguishes truth from falsehood. Also refers to the Battle of Badr (yawm al-furqān, 8:41).