Arabic root

و-ق-ي

Waw-Qaf-Ya

2 words from this root family

About this root

Waw-Qaf-Ya (و-ق-ي) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: taqwā (God-consciousness / piety / mindfulness of God), ittaqā (he was God-conscious / he was mindful of God).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 258 times in 237 verses, across 63 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:2. The form اتَّقَى (he was God-conscious / he was mindful of God) accounts for 166 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
تَقْوَى taqwā	God-consciousness / piety / mindfulness of God	noun, A2	17×	The Hereafter
اتَّقَى ittaqā	he was God-conscious / he was mindful of God	verb, A2	166×	Quranic Verbs of Action

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

In the Quran

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

This is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who ward off (evil).

Quran 2:2

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

O mankind! worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before you, so that ye may ward off (evil).

Quran 2:21

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ ٱعْدِلُوا۟ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.

Quran 5:8

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

A2noun

تَقْوَى

taqwā

God-consciousness / piety / mindfulness of God

Example

وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى

wa-tazawwadū fa-inna khayra az-zādi at-taqwā

And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is taqwa (2:197)

Root: و-ق-ي Quranic

Grammar

Feminine verbal noun (maṣdar) of اتَّقَى (Form VIII). From وَقَى (to protect/guard). Literally means 'self-protection' - protecting oneself from God's displeasure through obedience.

Culture

Taqwā is the highest virtue in Islam. The Quran states: 'The most honored of you in the sight of God is the most righteous (atqā) among you' (49:13).

A2verb

اتَّقَى

ittaqā