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و-ك-ل

Waw-Kaf-Lam

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About this root

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

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
تَوَكَّلَ
tawakkala
he relied (on God) / he placed trustverb, A240×Quranic Verbs of Action

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

In the Quran

إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

When two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.

Quran 3:122
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَـٰنًا وَقَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ

Those 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!

Quran 3:173
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ۚ فَإِن يَكْفُرْ بِهَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ فَقَدْ وَكَّلْنَا بِهَا قَوْمًا لَّيْسُوا۟ بِهَا بِكَـٰفِرِينَ

Those 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.

Quran 6:89

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

A2verb
تَوَكَّلَ
tawakkala

he relied (on God) / he placed trust

Example
وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
wa-ʿalā Allāhi falyatawakkali al-muʾminūn
And upon Allah let the believers rely (3:122)
Grammar

Form V verb (تَفَعَّلَ). Used with عَلَى (upon). Noun form: تَوَكُّلٌ (reliance on God).

Culture

Tawakkul is a central Islamic virtue - taking action while trusting God with the outcome.

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