Arabic root

و-ث-ق

Waw-Tha-Qaf

4 words from this root family

About this root

Waw-Tha-Qaf (و-ث-ق) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: mīthāq (solemn covenant / binding agreement), wathīqa (document), thiqa (trust / confidence), wathāʾiqiyy (documentary).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 34 times in 29 verses, across 13 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:27. The form مِيثَاقٌ (solemn covenant / binding agreement) accounts for 25 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Work, Business, Abstract Concepts, Literature Arts

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
مِيثَاقٌ mīthāq	solemn covenant / binding agreement	noun, B1	25×	Covenants, Testing, and Forgiveness
وَثيقة wathīqa	document	noun, A2		Finance & Salary
ثِقَة thiqa	trust / confidence	noun, B1		Time & Change
وَثَائِقِيّ wathāʾiqiyy	documentary	adjective, B2		Literary Criticism

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

In the Quran

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the earth: Those are they who are the losers.

Quran 2:27

لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Quran 2:256

قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

He said: I will not send him with you till ye give me an undertaking in the name of Allah that ye will bring him back to me, unless ye are surrounded. And when they gave him their undertaking he said: Allah is the Warden over what we say.

Quran 12:66

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

مِيثَاقٌ

mīthāq

solemn covenant / binding agreement

Example

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَاءَكُمْ

wa-idh akhadhnā mīthāqakum lā tasfikūna dimāʾakum

And when We took your covenant: You shall not shed your blood (2:84)

Root: و-ث-ق Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun (mīfʿāl pattern). From وَثِقَ (to trust). Stronger than عَهْد - indicates a solemn, binding covenant. Plural: مَوَاثِيقُ.

Culture

The Quran describes several divine covenants: with Adam, with the Children of Israel, with the prophets, and the primordial covenant with all souls (7:172).

A2noun

وَثيقة

wathīqa