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39 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 242
The Quran root ط غ ي ṭ-gh-y
Words built from the root ط غ ي ([ṭ-gh-y]) appear 39 times in the Quran. The most common is طَغَى, “transgressed”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| طَغَى | ṭaghaa | transgressed · transgress | 12 | |
| طُغْيان | ṭughyaan | transgression · rebellion | 9 | |
| طاغُوت | ṭaaghuut | false deities · evil ones | 8 | |
| طاغي | ṭaaghy | transgressing · transgressors | 6 | |
| أَطْغَيْ | aṭghay | I made him transgress | 1 | |
| أَطْغَى | aṭghaa | more rebellious | 1 | |
| طاغِيَة | ṭaaghiya | overpowering | 1 | |
| طَغْوَى | ṭaghwaa | transgression | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا إِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ١١٢
تَطْغَوْا taṭghaw · transgress
So remain on a right course as you have been commanded, [you] and those who have turned back with you [to Allāh], and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do. (Surah Hud, 11:112)
اذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُ طَغَىٰ ٢٤
طَغَىٰ ṭaghā · (has) transgressed
Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]." (Surah Taha, 20:24)
اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ١٥
طُغْيَانِهِمْ ṭugh'yānihim · their transgression
[But] Allāh mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:15)
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انفِصَامَ لَهَا وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٥٦
بِالطَّاغُوتِ bil-ṭāghūti · in false deities
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in ṭāghūt and believes in Allāh has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:256)
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ بَلْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا طَاغِينَ ٣٠
طَاغِينَ ṭāghīna · transgressing
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people. (Surah As-Saffat, 37:30)
قَالَ قَرِينُهُ رَبَّنَا مَا أَطْغَيْتُهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِي ضَلَالٍ بَعِيدٍ ٢٧
أَطْغَيْتُهُ aṭghaytuhu · I made him transgress
His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error." (Surah Qaf, 50:27)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Taha · 4×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 3×
- Surah An-Nisa · 3×
- Surah An-Najm · 2×
- Surah Al-Haqqah · 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.