Arabic root

ق-ط-ع

Qaf-Tah-Ayn

2 words from this root family

About this root

Qaf-Tah-Ayn (ق-ط-ع) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: qaṭaʿa (to cut / to cross), taqātuʿ (intersection / crossroads).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 36 times in 36 verses, across 23 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:27.

Themes: Verbs, Actions, Travel, Directions

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	Taught in
قَطَعَ qaṭaʿa	to cut / to cross	verb, A1	Action Verbs - Social Interactions
تَقاطُع taqātuʿ	intersection / crossroads	noun, A2	Asking for Directions

In the Quran

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the earth: Those are they who are the losers.

Quran 2:27

إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتُّبِعُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَسْبَابُ

(On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed (them), and they behold the doom, and all their aims collapse with them.

Quran 2:166

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides. Then I shall crucify you every one.

Quran 7:124

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).