Discover the meaning of the word Collarbone (ترق) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 1 min readAllah says: 'When the soul reaches the collarbones (al-tarâqî)' (Al-Qiyâma: 26).
Al-tarâqî: plural of 'tarquwa', the collarbones.
This verse describes the agony, when the soul rises toward the throat.
Then one asks for a healer capable of saving.
A decisive moment between life and death.
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