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Arabic root

ط-و-ع

Tah-Waw-Ayn

2 words from this root family

About this root

Tah-Waw-Ayn (ط-و-ع) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: aṭāʿa (he obeyed), istaṭāʿa (to be able to / can).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 129 times in 118 verses, across 40 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:158. The form أَطَاعَ (he obeyed) accounts for 72 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Verbs, Actions, Advanced Verbs

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
أَطَاعَ
aṭāʿa
he obeyedverb, B172×Prophets and Messengers
اِسْتَطَاعَ
istaṭāʿa
to be able to / canverb, A1Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling

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

In the Quran

۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House (of Allah) or visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive, Aware.

Quran 2:158
قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).

Quran 3:32
أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ ٱللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُۥٓ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ

Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him they will be returned.

Quran 3:83

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

B1verb
أَطَاعَ
aṭāʿa

he obeyed

Example
وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
wa-man yuṭiʿi Allāha wa-rasūlahū faqad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīmā
And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great triumph (33:71)
Grammar

Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). Past: أَطَاعَ, Present: يُطِيعُ. Related: طَاعَةٌ (obedience), مُطِيعٌ (obedient). Opposite: عَصَى (disobeyed).

Culture

Obedience to God and His Messenger is a core principle. The Quran frequently pairs them together, establishing the Sunnah (prophetic practice) as a source of religious law.

A1verb
اِسْتَطَاعَ
istaṭāʿa

to be able to / can

Example
استطعتُ أن أنهيَ العملَ
istaṭaʿtu an unhiya al-ʿamala
I was able to finish the work
Grammar

Form X hollow verb (اِسْتَفْعَلَ). Past: istaṭā'a, Present: yastaṭī'u. Followed by an + subjunctive.

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