Root

ع-ك-ف

ʿkf·3-k-f

9 occurrences9 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
عاكِفʿākif7—
يَعْكُفُyaʿkufu1—
مَعْكُوفmaʿkūf1—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ع-ك-ف more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ع-ك-ف falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ع-ك-ف occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 8 of 604 pages (1%)

Densest in juzʾ 16 (2 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 150 pages — pages 168–317, juzʾ 9–16.

Occurrences · 9 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ع-ك-ف appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ع-ك-ف (ʿkf) occurs 9 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 9 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ع-ك-ف occur?

9 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ع-ك-ف (ʿkf), out of 9 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ع-ك-ف?

ع-ك-ف (ʿkf) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently عاكِف (ʿākif, 7×), يَعْكُفُ (yaʿkufu, 1×), and مَعْكُوف (maʿkūf, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.