# Ayn-Vav-Kaf — عوق (Ewq)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ewq

- **Meaning:** To keep back, delay, hinder/prevent/restrain/impede. Name of an idol worshipped before the Flood pertaining to the people of Noah, and then by the Pagan Arabs. It was in the shape of a horse. Banu Hamadan were its worshippers, or pertained to the tribe of Kin'aneh or to Mur'ad.
- **Derived forms:** مُعَوِّقِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُعَوِّقِينَ — l-muʿawiqīna · "those who hinder"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

قَدْ يَعْلَمُ اللّٰهُ الْمُعَوِّق۪ينَ مِنْكُمْ وَالْقَٓائِل۪ينَ لِاِخْوَانِهِمْ هَلُمَّ اِلَيْنَاۚ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ الْبَأْسَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۙ

Qad yaAAlamu Allahu almuAAawwiqeenaminkum walqa-ileena li-ikhwanihim halummailayna wala ya/toona alba/sa illa qaleela

God knows those among you who cause hindrance, and those who say to their brethren: “Come to us,” and they come not to the battle save a little,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-18.md_

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