ف ق ر
f-q-r
(lit., to be with broken backbone joints/vertebrae; in need of support)
Definition
- 1فَقِيرfaqīrpoor, in need of financial support13
- 2فَاقِرَةfāqirahdisaster that breaks one's back1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 14
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
الْفَقِير · فَقِير · فَقِيرًا · فُقَرَاء · الْفُقَرَاء · الْفَقْر
إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًۭا
Whether this person is rich or poor ...
4:135draft glosses: 5 of 5
إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَقِيرٌۭ
I am truly in need of whatever good 'provision' You may send down to me.
28:24draft glosses: 7 of 7
إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ
Alms-tax is only for the poor ...
9:60draft glosses: 3 of 3
أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ
It is you who stand in need of Allah.
35:15draft glosses: 4 of 4
الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ
Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty.
2:268draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 2
فَاقِرَة
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
These evil souls will be anticipating something devastating to befall them.
75:25draft glosses: 5 of 5
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed