| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 125 (2:125:20) | وَالْعَاكِف۪ينَ | والعاكفين | vel-’âkifîne | and those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayer | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Remember We made the House(125) a place of assembly for men and a place of safety; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of prayer; and We covenanted with Abraham and Isma´il, that they should sanctify My House for those who compass it round, or use it as a retreat, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein(126) in prayer).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 187 (2:187:51) | عَاكِفُونَۙ | عاكفون | ‘âkifûne | (are) secluded | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach to your wives. They are your garments and ye are their garments(195). Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now associate with them, and seek what Allah Hath ordained for you(196), and eat and drink, until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread(197); then complete your fast Till the night appears(198); but do not associate with your wives while ye are in retreat(199) in the mosques. Those are(200) Limits (set by) Allah. Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-A'raf Verse 138 (7:138:8) | يَعْكُفُونَ | يعكفون | ya’kufûne | devoted | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols(1097) they had. They said: "O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the gods they have." He said: "Surely ye are a people without knowledge.* | |||||
| 4 | Ta-Ha Verse 91 (20:91:5) | عَاكِف۪ينَ | عاكفين | ‘âkifîne | being devoted to it | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They had said:(2615) "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until Moses returns to us."(2616)* | |||||
| 5 | Ta-Ha Verse 97 (20:97:22) | عَاكِفًاۜ | عاكفا | ‘âkifâ(en) | devoted | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt say,(2622) ´touch me not´; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail:(2623) Now look at thy god, of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"(2624)* | |||||
| 6 | Al-Anbiya Verse 52 (21:52:11) | عَاكِفُونَ | عاكفون | ‘âkifûn(e) | (are) devoted | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Behold! he said to his father and his people,(2714) "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Hajj Verse 25 (22:25:14) | الْعَاكِفُ | العاكف | l-’âkifu | (are) the resident | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | As to those who have rejected ((Allah)), and would keep back (men) from the Way of Allah, and from the Sacred Mosque, which We have made (open) to (all) men - equal is the dweller there and the visitor from the country - and any whose purpose therein is profanity or wrong-doing -(2796) them will We cause to taste of a most Grievous Penalty.* | |||||
| 8 | Ash-Shu'ara Verse 71 (26:71:6) | عَاكِف۪ينَ | عاكفين | ‘âkifîn(e) | devoted | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly(3176) in attendance on them."* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Fath Verse 25 (48:25:9) | مَعْكُوفًا | معكوفا | ma’kûfen | (was) prevented | ع ك ف |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you from the Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals,(4903) detained from reaching their place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing women whom ye did not know that(4904) ye were trampling down and on whose account a crime would have accrued to you without (your) knowledge, ((Allah) would have allowed you to force your way, but He held back your hands) that He may admit to His Mercy whom He will.(4905) If they had been(4906) apart, We should certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them with a grievous Punishment.* | |||||