Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
و ق ي (w q y)
11 terms

Compare وَقَى (waqā, to guard).

Verb

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اِتَّقَى (ittaqā) VIII (non-past يَتَّقِي (yattaqī), verbal noun اِتِّقَاء (ittiqāʔ) or تُقَاة (tuqāh) or تُقْيَة (tuqya))

  1. (transitive) to guard oneself against
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:212:
      زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٱ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
      zuyyina lillaḏīna kafarū l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wayasḵarūna mina llaḏīna ʔāmanū wāllaḏīna ttaqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmati wal-lāhu yarzuqu man yašāʔu biḡayri ḥisābin
      Beautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who fear [Allah] are above them on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah begifts whom He wills without account.

Conjugation

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References

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  • Mace, John (2007) “اتقى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN