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Kh-Ra-Qaf
To pierce/bore/perforate, make a hole in something, to rend/slit/tear, feign or forge, be confounded or perplexed [so as to be unable to move], be ignorant of a thing, pass through/over/across, traverse, rough/ungentle/awkward/unskilled, unsound or deficient in intellect or understanding, to be liberal/bountiful/generous, be of generous disposition/largely beneficent, be denied gain of good or prosperity.
kharaqa
vb. (1) perf. act.
6:100
وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا لَه ُُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَات ٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْم ٍ سُبْحَانَه ُُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Wa Ja`alū Lillāhi Shurakā'a Al-Jinna Wa Khalaqahum Wa Kharaqū Lahu Banīna Wa Banātin Bighayri `Ilmin Subĥānahu Wa Ta`ālá `Ammā Yaşifūna
And they set up partners with God from among the Jinn, while He had created them. And they invented for Him sons and daughters without them having any knowledge! Be He glorified and exalted above what they describe.
18:71
فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئا ً إِمْرا ً
Fānţalaqā Ĥattá 'Idhā Rakibā Fī As-Safīnati Kharaqahā Qāla 'Akharaqtahā Litughriqa 'Ahlahā Laqad Ji'ta Shay'āan 'Imrāan
So they ventured forth until they rode in a boat and he made a hole in it. He said: "Have you made a hole in it to drown its people? You have done something dreadful!"
18:71
فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئا ً إِمْرا ً
Fānţalaqā Ĥattá 'Idhā Rakibā Fī As-Safīnati Kharaqahā Qāla 'Akharaqtahā Litughriqa 'Ahlahā Laqad Ji'ta Shay'āan 'Imrāan
So they ventured forth until they rode in a boat and he made a hole in it. He said: "Have you made a hole in it to drown its people? You have done something dreadful!"
impf. act.
17:37
وَلاَ تَمْشِ فِي الأَرْضِ مَرَحا ً إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الأَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُولا ً
Wa Lā Tamshi Fī Al-'ArĐi Maraĥāan 'Innaka Lan Takhriqa Al-'ArĐa Wa Lan Tablugha Al-Jibāla Ţūlāan
And do not walk in the land arrogantly, for you will not penetrate the earth, nor will you reach the mountains in height.
Hans Wehr
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