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14 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 481
The Quran root ع ط و ʿ-ṭ-w
Words built from the root ع ط و ([ʿ-ṭ-w]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is أَعْطَى, “they are given”, which comes 8 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَعْطَى | aʿṭaa | they are given · gave | 8 | |
| عَطاء | ʿaṭaa’ | gift · bestowal | 5 | |
| تَعاطَى | taʿaaṭaa | he took | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا الْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ ٢٩
يُعْطُوا yuʿ'ṭū · they pay
Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:29)
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ فَإِنْ أُعْطُوا مِنْهَا رَضُوا وَإِن لَّمْ يُعْطَوْا مِنْهَا إِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُونَ ٥٨
أُعْطُوا uʿ'ṭū · they are given
And among them are some who criticize you concerning the [distribution of] charities. If they are given from them, they approve; but if they are not given from them, at once they become angry. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:58)
وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ رَبُّكَ عَطَاءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ ١٠٨
عَطَاءً ʿaṭāan · a bestowal
And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted. (Surah Hud, 11:108)
فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩
فَتَعَاطَىٰ fataʿāṭā · and he took
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her]. (Surah Al-Qamar, 54:29)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah At-Tawbah · 3×
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Taha · 1×
- Surah An-Najm · 1×
- Surah Al-Layl · 1×
- Surah Ad-Duhaa · 1×
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.