strong / powerful
Feminine form: qawiyya (قَوِيَّة). Opposite of ḍaʿīf (ضَعيف).
Qaf-Waw-Ya
2 words from this root family
Qaf-Waw-Ya (ق-و-ي) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: qawī (strong / powerful), quwwa (strength / power / force).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 42 times in 39 verses, across 25 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:63. The form قُوَّة (strength / power / force) accounts for 30 of them.
Themes: Adjectives, Physical, Abstract Concepts
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
قَوِيّ qawī | strong / powerful | adjective, A1 | 11× | Adjectives - Speed, Temperature & Quantity |
قُوَّة quwwa | strength / power / force | noun, B1 | 30× | Emotions & Feelings |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَAnd (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ ۙ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they disbelieved the revelations of Allah, and Allah took them in their sins. Lo! Allah is Strong, severe in punishment.
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَWe, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
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).
Feminine form: qawiyya (قَوِيَّة). Opposite of ḍaʿīf (ضَعيف).