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549 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 9
The Quran root أ ت ي ’-t-y
Words built from the root أ ت ي ([’-t-y]) appear 549 times in the Quran. The most common is آتَى, “give”, which comes 271 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| آتَى | aataa | give · We gave | 271 | |
| أَتَى | ataa | comes to them · bring | 264 | |
| آتِي | aatii | coming · sure to come | 9 | |
| إِيتاء | iitaa’ | giving | 3 | |
| مُؤْتي | mu’ty | ones who give | 1 | |
| مَأْتِيّ | ma’tiyy | sure to come | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ ٤٣
وَآتُوا waātū · and give
And establish prayer and give zakāh and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:43)
وَإِذْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ٥٣
آتَيْنَا ātaynā · We gave
And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:53)
وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٢٣
فَأْتُوا fatū · then produce
And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:23)
إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَآتٍ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ١٣٤
لَآتٍ laātin · (is) sure to come
Indeed, what you are promised is coming, and you will not cause failure [to Allāh]. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:134)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٩٠
وَإِيتَاءِ waītāi · and giving
Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded. (Surah An-Nahl, 16:90)
لَّٰكِنِ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَالْمُقِيمِينَ الصَّلَاةَ وَالْمُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ أُولَٰئِكَ سَنُؤْتِيهِمْ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ١٦٢
وَالْمُؤْتُونَ wal-mu'tūna · and the ones who give
But those firm in knowledge among them and the believers believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you. And the establishers of prayer [especially] and the givers of zakāh and the believers in Allāh and the Last Day - those We will give a great reward. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:162)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 54×
- Surah An-Nisa · 35×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 27×
- Surah Al-An'am · 25×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 24×
- Surah An-Naml · 20×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.