Arabic root

ر-ك-ع

Ra-Kaf-Ayn

1 word from this root family

About this root

Ra-Kaf-Ayn (ر-ك-ع) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: rukūʿ (bowing (in prayer)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 13 times in 10 verses, across 8 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:43.

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	Taught in
رُكُوعٌ rukūʿ	bowing (in prayer)	noun, B1	Advanced Quranic Vocabulary

In the Quran

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱرْكَعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ

Establish worship, pay the poor-due, and bow your heads with those who bow (in worship).

Quran 2:43

يَـٰمَرْيَمُ ٱقْنُتِى لِرَبِّكِ وَٱسْجُدِى وَٱرْكَعِى مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ

O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who bow (in worship).

Quran 3:43

إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُمْ رَٰكِعُونَ

Your guardian can be only Allah; and His messenger and those who believe, who establish worship and pay the poordue, and bow down (in prayer).

Quran 5:55

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun

رُكُوعٌ

rukūʿ

bowing (in prayer)

Example

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ

yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū irkaʿū wasjudū waʿbudū rabbakum

O you who believe, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord (22:77)

Root: ر-ك-ع Quranic

Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of رَكَعَ (to bow). Related: رَاكِعٌ (one who bows), رَكْعَةٌ (unit of prayer - named after the bowing). Plural of rākiʿ: رَاكِعُونَ.

Culture

Each unit (rakʿah) of Islamic prayer includes rukūʿ (bowing). The physical act symbolizes humility and submission. During rukūʿ, Muslims say: 'Glory be to my Lord, the Great.'