← Root Explorer
Arabic root

ط-و-ر

Tah-Waw-Ra

2 words from this root family

About this root

Tah-Waw-Ra (ط-و-ر) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: taṭawwur (development / evolution), ṭawwara (to develop / to improve (Form II)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 11 times in 11 verses, across 9 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:63.

Themes: Abstract Concepts, Advanced Verbs

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
تَطَوُّر
taṭawwur
development / evolutionnoun, B1Values & Beliefs
طَوَّرَ
ṭawwara
to develop / to improve (Form II)verb, B1Verbs of Thinking

In the Quran

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

And (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).

Quran 2:63
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَـٰقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا۟ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُم مِّيثَـٰقًا غَلِيظًا

And We caused the Mount to tower above them at (the taking of) their covenant: and We bade them: Enter the gate, prostrate! and We bode them: Transgress not the Sabbath! and We took from them a firm covenant.

Quran 4:154
وَنَـٰدَيْنَـٰهُ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَـٰهُ نَجِيًّا

We called him from the right slope of the Mount, and brought him nigh in communion.

Quran 19:52

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

B1noun
تَطَوُّر
taṭawwur

development / evolution

Example
التَّطَوُّرُ التِّكنولوجِيُّ سَريع.
at-taṭawwuru t-tiknolojiyyu sarīʿ.
Technological development is fast.
B1verb
طَوَّرَ
ṭawwara

to develop / to improve (Form II)

Example
طَوَّرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ مُنتَجاتِها.
ṭawwarati sh-sharikatu muntajātihā.
The company developed its products.

Related roots