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Quran Dictionary - د ر ك

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The triliteral root dāl rā kāf (د ر ك) occurs 12 times in the Quran, in five derived forms:

  • six times as the form IV verb adraka (أَدْرَكَ)
  • three times as the form VI verb iddāraka (ٱدَّٰرَكَ)
  • once as the noun dark (دَّرْك)
  • once as the noun darak (دَرَك)
  • once as the form IV passive participle mud'rakūn (مُدْرَكُون)

The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.

Verb (form IV) - to overtake, to grasp

(4:78:3) yud'rikkumuwill overtake you أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا يُدْرِكْكُمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُشَيَّدَةٍ
(4:100:21) yud'rik'huovertakes him وَمَنْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ الْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ
(6:103:2) tud'rikuhugrasp Him لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ
(6:103:5) yud'riku(can) grasp وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ
(10:90:12) adrakahuovertook him حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ
(36:40:6) tud'rikait overtakes لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنْبَغِي لَهَا أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ

Verb (form VI) - to overtake, to arrest

(7:38:21) iddārakūthey had overtaken one another حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ادَّارَكُوا فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَاهُمْ لِأُولَاهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ أَضَلُّونَا
(27:66:2) iddārakais arrested بَلِ ادَّارَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِنْهَا
(68:49:3) tadārakahuovertook him لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Noun

(4:145:4) l-darkithe depths إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًا

Noun

(20:77:16) darakanto be overtaken فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ

Passive participle (form IV)

(26:61:8) lamud'rakūna(are) surely to be overtaken فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

See Also

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