Arabic root

ط-غ-و

Tah-Ghayn-Waw

1 word from this root family

About this root

Tah-Ghayn-Waw (ط-غ-و) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ṭāghūt (false deity / tyrannical authority / transgressor).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 39 times in 39 verses, across 27 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:15. The form طَاغُوتٌ (false deity / tyrannical authority / transgressor) accounts for 8 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
طَاغُوتٌ ṭāghūt	false deity / tyrannical authority / transgressor	noun, B2	8×	Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.

Quran 2:15

لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Quran 2:256

فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

So tread thou the straight path as thou art commanded, and those who turn (unto Allah) with thee, and transgress not. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do.

Quran 11:112

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).

Word cards with examples

B2noun

طَاغُوتٌ

ṭāghūt

false deity / tyrannical authority / transgressor

Example

يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَالطَّاغُوتِ

yuʾminūna bil-jibti waṭ-ṭāghūt

They believe in superstition and false deities (4:51)

Root: ط-غ-و Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun. From طَغَى (to transgress/rebel). Covers anything worshipped besides God, tyrannical rulers, and Satan. Plural: طَوَاغِيتُ (ṭawāghīt).

Culture

Rejecting ṭāghūt is a prerequisite for true faith in Islam - it means rejecting all false objects of worship and unjust authority.