Mim-Waw-Ta
2 words from this root family
Mim-Waw-Ta (م-و-ت) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: mawt (death), māta (to die).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 165 times in 143 verses, across 53 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:19. The form مَوْتٌ (death) accounts for 50 of them.
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
مَوْتٌ mawt | death | noun, A1 | 50× | Life, Death, and the Hereafter, Ideas & Opinions |
مَاتَ māta | to die | verb, A1 | 39× | Action Verbs - Social Interactions |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَـٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَOr like a rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder and the flash of lightning. They thrust their fingers in their ears by reason of the thunder-claps, for fear of death, Allah encompasseth the disbelievers (in His guidance, His omniscience and His omnipotence).
كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَHow disbelieve ye in Allah when ye were dead and He gave life to you! Then He will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him ye will return.
وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَآ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَـٰبَنِىَّ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَThe same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him).
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Masculine noun (maṣdar). Verb: مَاتَ (to die). Active participle: مَيِّتٌ (dead). مَوْتٌ is universal - the Quran states clearly that no soul escapes it.
Death in Islam is not an end but a transition. 'Tasting death' - the Quran's vivid expression - suggests it is an experience, not annihilation.
Hollow verb (Form I). Past: māta, Present: yamūtu.