Quranic root
يقن
y · q · n
The root centers on certainty: the removal of doubt and the establishment of a firm, settled judgment.
Its lexical development ranges from knowing or becoming certain, through firm conviction, to the Quranic distinctions between certainty as knowledge, direct seeing, and realized truth in عِلْمُ الْيَقِينِ, عَيْنُ الْيَقِينِ, and حَقُّ الْيَقِينِ.
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- 5
- Quran-attested forms
- 7
- Quran senses
- 28
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
أَيْقَنَ
ʾayqana
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form IV
- Form
- IV
- Quran occurrences
- 12 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To be certain of something; to hold it as firmly known or true.
In the supplied Quranic occurrences, the verb describes firm conviction or belief with certainty, generally without an expressed object.
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- Lane · entry 12179
Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:4word 12
“firmly believe”
Quran 13:2word 26
“believe with certainty”
Quran 27:3word 9
“believe with certainty”
اِسْتَيْقَنَ
āistayqana
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form X
- Form
- X
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To become certain; to become convinced after attaining firm knowledge.
The construction presents certainty as reached or established by the subject; it may take the matter or signs of which one becomes convinced as its object.
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- Lane · entry 12181
Selected Quran examples
Quran 27:14word 3
“though were convinced with them (signs)”
Quran 74:31word 14
“that may be certain”
مُسْتَيْقِنٌ
mustayqinun
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
One who has become certain; one who is convinced.
Active participle of اِسْتَيْقَنَ, describing a person in a state of attained or established conviction.
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- Lane · entry 12181
Selected Quran examples
Quran 45:32word 22
“(are) convinced”
مُوقِنٌ
mūqinun
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 5 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
One who is certain; one who holds something as firmly true.
Active participle of أَيْقَنَ; in the Quranic occurrences it describes people characterized by firm certainty or conviction.
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- Lane · entry 12179
Selected Quran examples
Quran 6:75word 9
“the ones who are certain”
Quran 51:20word 4
“for those who are certain”
يَقِينٌ
yaqīnun
- Part of speech
- Noun / Adjective
- Quran occurrences
- 8 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Certainty: knowledge or conviction in which doubt has been removed and the judgment is firmly settled.
Used as a noun for certainty and adjectivally for something certain or sure. It may qualify a proposition or an action; in وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا, it marks the alleged killing as something not established with certainty. The expression عِلْمُ الْيَقِينِ denotes certainty at the level of knowledge.
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- Lane · entry 12182
Selected Quran examples
Quran 102:5word 5
“(of) certainty”
Quran 4:157word 34
“certainly”
Certainty attained through direct seeing or witnessing.
A construction-specific use in عَيْنُ الْيَقِينِ, contrasted with certainty known at the level of knowledge.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 102:7word 4
“(of) certainty”
Certainty realized through direct encounter with the reality known.
A construction-specific use in حَقُّ الْيَقِينِ; the expression presents certainty as realized or experienced truth, rather than merely known or witnessed.
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- Lane · entry 12182
Selected Quran examples
Quran 56:95word 5
“certain”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:4يُوقِنُونَfirmly believe
- 2:118يُوقِنُونَ(who) firmly believe
- 4:157يَقِينًۢاcertainly
- 5:50يُوقِنُونَ(who) firmly believe
- 6:75ٱلْمُوقِنِينَthe ones who are certain
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
يَقِنَ
To know something, become certain of it, or make sure of it.
The Form I verb may occur with a direct object or with بِـ; the knowing is described as either intuitive or inferential.
- Lane · entry 12178
يَقِينٌ
Clear or manifest.
An adjectival use of يَقِينٌ distinct from its noun sense of certainty.
- Lane · entry 12182
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The distinctions among عِلْمُ الْيَقِينِ, عَيْنُ الْيَقِينِ, and حَقُّ الْيَقِينِ are construction-specific developments of يَقِينٌ, not three unrestricted meanings in every occurrence.