Root

ش-ق-ق

shqq·sh-q-q

28 occurrences25 verses9 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
شِقاقshiqāq7—
شاقُّshāqqu7—
انشَقَّānshaqqa5—
يَشَّقَّقُyashshaqqaqu3—
شَقَقْshaqaq2—
شُقَّةshuqqah1—
أَشَقّashaqq1—
شِقّshiqq1—
شَقّshaqq1—

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on ش-ق-ق

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 Iفَعَلَ2×

    the base sense, unmarked · interpretive

    • شَقَقْshaqaq2
  2. Form IIIفَاعَلَ14×

    often directed at someone — reciprocal · interpretive

    • شِقاقshiqāq7
    • شاقُّshāqqu7
  3. Form Vتَفَعَّلَ3×

    often reflexive of Form II · interpretive

    • يَشَّقَّقُyashshaqqaqu3
  4. Form VIIاِنْفَعَلَ5×

    often passive or resultative · interpretive

    • انشَقَّānshaqqa5

Covers 24 of this root’s 28 occurrences — the rest are nouns, participles and particles the morphology assigns no verb form.

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ش-ق-ق falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ش-ق-ق 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 25 of 604 pages (4%)

Densest in juzʾ 30 (3 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 80 pages — pages 98–177, juzʾ 5–9.

Occurrences · 28 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 ش-ق-ق appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ش-ق-ق (shqq) occurs 28 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 25 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 ش-ق-ق occur?

25 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ش-ق-ق (shqq), out of 28 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ش-ق-ق?

ش-ق-ق (shqq) yields 9 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently شِقاق (shiqāq, 7×), شاقُّ (shāqqu, 7×), انشَقَّ (ānshaqqa, 5×), يَشَّقَّقُ (yashshaqqaqu, 3×), and شَقَقْ (shaqaq, 2×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.