he relied (on God) / he placed trust
Form V verb (تَفَعَّلَ). Used with عَلَى (upon). Noun form: تَوَكُّلٌ (reliance on God).
Tawakkul is a central Islamic virtue - taking action while trusting God with the outcome.
Waw-Kaf-Lam
1 word from this root family
Waw-Kaf-Lam (و-ك-ل) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: tawakkala (he relied (on God) / he placed trust).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 70 times in 61 verses, across 29 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:122. The form تَوَكَّلَ (he relied (on God) / he placed trust) accounts for 40 of them.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
تَوَكَّلَ tawakkala | he relied (on God) / he placed trust | verb, A2 | 40× | Quranic Verbs of Action |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَWhen two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَـٰنًا وَقَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُThose unto whom men said: Lo! the people have gathered against you, therefor fear them. (The threat of danger) but increased the faith of them and they cried: Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust!
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ۚ فَإِن يَكْفُرْ بِهَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ فَقَدْ وَكَّلْنَا بِهَا قَوْمًا لَّيْسُوا۟ بِهَا بِكَـٰفِرِينَThose are they unto whom We gave the Scripture and command and prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We shall entrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein.
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).
Form V verb (تَفَعَّلَ). Used with عَلَى (upon). Noun form: تَوَكُّلٌ (reliance on God).
Tawakkul is a central Islamic virtue - taking action while trusting God with the outcome.