Arabic root

ع-ق-ب

3 words from this root family

B2noun

عُقُوبَات

ʿuqūbāt

sanctions / penalties

Example

فَرَضَ المُجتَمَعُ الدَّولِيُّ عُقوباتٍ اقتِصادِيَّة.

faraḍa l-mujtamaʿu d-dawliyyu ʿuqūbātin iqtiṣādiyya.

The international community imposed economic sanctions.

Root: ع-ق-ب Media Politics

B1noun

عِقَابٌ

ʿiqāb

punishment / retribution

Example

إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ

inna Allāha shadīdu al-ʿiqāb

Indeed, Allah is severe in punishment (2:196)

Root: ع-ق-ب Quranic

Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of عَاقَبَ (Form III = to punish). Related: عَقِبَ (to follow/succeed), عَاقِبَةٌ (consequence/outcome), عُقْبَى (final result).

Culture

The phrase 'shadīdu al-ʿiqāb' (severe in punishment) is often balanced in the same verse or context with 'ghafūrun raḥīm' (forgiving, merciful), maintaining the Quranic balance of hope and fear.

B1noun

عَاقِبَةٌ

ʿāqibah

consequence / outcome / end result

Example

فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ

fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu al-mukadhdhibīn

So observe how was the end of the deniers (3:137)

Root: ع-ق-ب Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun (active participle form). From the root ع-ق-ب (to follow after). The Quran frequently uses it to show the fate of past nations.

Culture

The Quran invites readers to reflect on the ʿāqibah of past nations — a literary device combining history with moral instruction.