Root

ن-ق-م

nqm·n-q-m

17 occurrences16 verses4 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
انتَقَمْāntaqam6—
انتِقامāntiqām4—
نَقَمُnaqamu4—
مُنتَقِمmuntaqim3—

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on ن-ق-م

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form Iفَعَلَ4×

    the base sense, unmarked · interpretive

    • نَقَمُnaqamu4
  2. Form VIIIاِفْتَعَلَ13×

    often reflexive — done to or for oneself · interpretive

    • انتَقَمْāntaqam6
    • انتِقامāntiqām4
    • مُنتَقِمmuntaqim3

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ن-ق-م more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ن-ق-م falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ن-ق-م 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 16 of 604 pages (3%)

Densest in juzʾ 25 (4 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 142 pages — pages 267–408, juzʾ 14–21.

Occurrences · 17 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 ن-ق-م appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ن-ق-م (nqm) occurs 17 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 16 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 ن-ق-م occur?

16 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ن-ق-م (nqm), out of 17 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ن-ق-م?

ن-ق-م (nqm) yields 4 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently انتَقَمْ (āntaqam, 6×), انتِقام (āntiqām, 4×), نَقَمُ (naqamu, 4×), and مُنتَقِم (muntaqim, 3×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.