Quran glossary · draft

أعقب / معقبات / معقب / يعقب

follow after

To cause something to follow, to proceed successively behind another, to follow up a decision, or to retrace one's path.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: عقب

Lemmas: يعقب · أعقب · معقبة · معقب

Forms: يُعَقِّبْ · أَعْقَبَ · مُعَقِّبَٰتٌ · مُعَقِّبَ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

9:77

فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ بِمَآ أَخْلَفُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ

13:11

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

13:41

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا وَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِۦ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

27:10

وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

28:31

وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 80 family occurrences were reviewed in one page. The family itself moves from concrete heels and turning back, through posterior descendants and outcomes, to punishment as a consequence that follows conduct. Form III at 16:126 and 22:60 explicitly matches a response to what was first done, while Form II/IV expressions mark following, succeeding, or turning back. The 60:11 compensation sequence remains reviewable because Quran-internal evidence supports a succeeding turn but does not fully determine its English event label. The seven aligned witnesses were checked at 13:11, 60:11, and 90:11 and preserve the relevant constructions. No accepted meaning or pre-run draft was edited.