وقي
w-q-y
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root وقي across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root وقي (wqy) primarily means to protect, guard, or preserve something from harm or danger. It encompasses the idea of shielding oneself or others, and being cautious or wary.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
w-q-y
Listen:
بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
96:12
Root letters:
و — ق — ي
Word Family Tree (52 forms)
All word forms derived from the root وقي as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Verb 138×
Noun 62×
Concordance — 200 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root وقي appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (130) · Noun (62)
Verb (130 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:31
Verb
قُلۡ مَن یَرۡزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمَّن یَمۡلِكُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَـٰرَ وَمَن یُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَیَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَیِّتِ وَیُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَیِّتَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَیِّ وَمَن یُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَۚ فَسَیَقُولُونَ ٱللَّهُۚ فَقُلۡ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, " Allah ," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?"
Jonah 10:6
Verb
إِنَّ فِی ٱخۡتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یَتَّقُونَ ٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day and [in] what Allah has created in the heavens and the earth are signs for a people who fear Alla
Jonah 10:63
Verb
ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ یَتَّقُونَ ٦٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Those who believed and were fearing Alla
Hud 11:78
Verb
وَجَاۤءَهُۥ قَوۡمُهُۥ یُهۡرَعُونَ إِلَیۡهِ وَمِن قَبۡلُ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلسَّیِّءَاتِۚ قَالَ یَـٰقَوۡمِ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ بَنَاتِی هُنَّ أَطۡهَرُ لَكُمۡۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ فِی ضَیۡفِیۤۖ أَلَیۡسَ مِنكُمۡ رَجُلࣱ رَّشِیدࣱ ٧٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And his people came hastening to him, and before [this] they had been doing evil deeds. He said, "O my people, these are my daughters; they are purer for you. So fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a man of reason?"
Joseph 12:109
Verb
وَمَاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالࣰا نُّوحِیۤ إِلَیۡهِم مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡقُرَىٰۤۗ أَفَلَمۡ یَسِیرُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَیَنظُرُوا۟ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۗ وَلَدَارُ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ خَیۡرࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ ٱتَّقَوۡا۟ۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah ; then will you not reason
Derived Forms (52)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَٱتَّقُوا۟ | wataquwā | Verb | 25× | |
| ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ | lmutaqiyna | Noun | 19× | |
| يَتَّقُونَ | yataquwna | Verb | 17× | |
| تَتَّقُونَ | tataquwna | Verb | 15× | |
| فَٱتَّقُوا۟ | fataquwā | Verb | 14× | |
| ٱتَّقُوا۟ | taquwā | Verb | 12× | |
| لِلْمُتَّقِينَ | lilmutaqiyna | Noun | 10× | |
| ٱتَّقَوْا۟ | taqawā | Verb | 7× | |
| ٱتَّقَوا۟ | taqawā | Verb | 6× | |
| ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ | ltaqwaā | Noun | 5× |