Home Quran Quran roots ق و ي
42 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 231
The Quran root ق و ي q-w-y
Words built from the root ق و ي ([q-w-y]) appear 42 times in the Quran. The most common is قُوَّة, “strength”, which comes 30 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قُوَّة | quwwa | strength · power | 30 | |
| قَوِيّ | qawiyy | All-Strong · strong | 11 | |
| مُقْوي | muqwy | wayfarers in the desert | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ٦٣
بِقُوَّةٍ biquwwatin · with strength
And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:63)
وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُوا قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِ إِيمَانُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ٩٣
بِقُوَّةٍ biquwwatin · with firmness
And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:93)
كَدَأْبِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ ٥٢
قَوِيٌّ qawiyyun · (is) All-Strong
[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allāh, so Allāh seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and severe in penalty. (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:52)
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَاعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ ٧٣
لِّلْمُقْوِينَ lil'muq'wīna · for the wayfarers in the desert
We have made it a reminder and provision for the travelers, (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:73)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Hud · 4×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 3×
- Surah Ar-Rum · 3×
- Surah Ghafir · 3×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
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.