# Ha-Vav-Ta — حوط (HwT)

> Occurs in 28 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To guard/keep, keep safely/protect/take care of a person or thing, defend a person or thing, pay frequent attention to a person or thing, to mind or be regardful of one's things, have compassion or affection for a person, to undertake/superintend/manage one's affairs, retire to a distance, to leave and go against, take care of and preserve (the tie of kindred), draw towards oneself or compress and guard one's possession, to surround/encompass a thing, build a wall around a thing, have within one's compass or power and care a thing or affair, monopolize a thing, endeavour to induce a person to turn or incline, endeavour to turn a person by deceit or guile (namely in a matter that he desired of him and which he refused him), surround/encompass/environ/enclose/hemm in a person or thing, to encircle or beset the sides of a person or thing, to have something or someone in one's grasp or power, to destroy or cause destruction, beset a thing on every side (and leaving no escape), to take a thing entirely to oneself and debar others from it, to comprehend or know a thing altogether or in all its modes or circumstances, to know a thing extrinsically and intrisically, attain the utmost particular of a thing, have a comprehensive and complete knowledge of a thing, to pursue a course or thing by prudence or precaution or good judgement, to use precaution, take the sure course, to seek the most successful means, take the surest method.
- **Derived forms:** أَحَاطَ (17) · مُحِيط (9) · مُحِيطَة (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** مُحِيطٌۢ — muḥīṭun · "(is) [the One Who] encompasses"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ ف۪يهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌۚ يَجْعَلُونَ اَصَابِعَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُح۪يطٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

Aw kasayyibin mina assama-ifeehi thulumatun waraAAdun wabarqunyajAAaloona asabiAAahum fee athanihim mina assawaAAiqihathara almawti wallahu muheetunbilkafireen

Or like a thundercloud from the sky wherein is darkness, and thunder, and lightning: they put their fingers in their ears against the thunderbolts in fear of death; but God encompasses the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-19.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَحَـٰطَتْ — wa-aḥāṭat · "and surrounded him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

بَلٰى مَنْ كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً وَاَحَاطَتْ بِه۪ خَط۪ٓيـَٔتُهُ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Bala man kasaba sayyi-atan waahatatbihi khatee-atuhu faola-ika as-habu annarihum feeha khalidoon

Verily, whoso earns evil, and his offences have encompassed him: those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-81.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 255

- **Form in this verse:** يُحِيطُونَ — yuḥīṭūna · "they encompass"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَللّٰهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ اَلْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌۜ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُٓ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْۚ وَلَا يُح۪يطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّا بِمَا شَٓاءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَۚ وَلَا يَؤُ۫دُهُ حِفْظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظ۪يمُ

Allahu la ilaha illahuwa alhayyu alqayyoomu la ta/khuthuhusinatun wala nawmun lahu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi man tha allatheeyashfaAAu AAindahu illa bi-ithnihi yaAAlamu mabayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoonabishay-in min AAilmihi illa bima shaawasiAAa kursiyyuhu assamawati wal-ardawala yaooduhu hifthuhumawahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheem

God, there is no god save He, the Living, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him; to Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth — who will intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what is before them and what is after them, and they encompass not anything of His knowledge save what He wills. His Throne overspreads the heavens and the earth, and the preservation thereof wearies Him not; and He is the Exalted, the Great.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-255.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** مُحِيطٌۭ — muḥīṭun · "(is) All-Encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنْ تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْۘ وَاِنْ تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَفْرَحُوا بِهَاۜ وَاِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطٌ۟

In tamsaskum hasanatun tasu/humwa-in tusibkum sayyi-atun yafrahoo bihawa-in tasbiroo watattaqoo la yadurrukumkayduhum shay-an inna Allaha bima yaAAmaloona muheet

If good touches you, it vexes them; and if evil befalls you, they exult thereat. But if you are patient and in prudent fear, their plan will not harm you at all; God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-120.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** مُحِيطًا — muḥīṭan · "All-Encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ اِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضٰى مِنَ الْقَوْلِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يـطاً

Yastakhfoona mina annasi walayastakhfoona mina Allahi wahuwa maAAahum ithyubayyitoona ma la yarda mina alqawli wakanaAllahu bima yaAAmaloona muheeta

They conceal from men, but they conceal not from God; and He is with them when they plan by night what is displeasing to Him of speech; and God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-108.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 126

- **Form in this verse:** مُّحِيطًۭا — muḥīṭan · "All-Encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلِلّٰهِ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُح۪يطاً۟

Walillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi wakana Allahubikulli shay-in muheeta

And to God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God encompasses all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-126.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** مُحِيطٌۭ — muḥīṭun · "(is) All-Encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذ۪ينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ بَطَراً وَرِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطٌ

Wala takoonoo kallatheenakharajoo min diyarihim bataran wari-aa annasiwayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi wallahubima yaAAmaloona muheet

And be not like those who come forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and turn away from the path of God; and God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-47.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ — lamuḥīṭatun · "(will) surely surround"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ ائْذَنْ ل۪ي وَلَا تَفْتِنّ۪يۜ اَلَا فِي الْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُواۜ وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُح۪يطَةٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waminhum man yaqoolu i/than lee walataftinnee ala fee alfitnati saqatoo wa-innajahannama lamuheetatun bilkafireen

And among them is he who says: “Grant thou me leave, and subject thou me not to means of denial.” Save into the means of denial have they fallen; and Gehenna encompasses the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-49.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** أُحِيطَ — uḥīṭa · "are surrounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِۚ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ بِر۪يحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَٓاءَتْهَا ر۪يحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَٓاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ اُح۪يطَ بِهِمْۙ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ لَئِنْ اَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هٰذِه۪ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Huwa allathee yusayyirukum feealbarri walbahri hatta ithakuntum fee alfulki wajarayna bihim bireehin tayyibatinwafarihoo biha jaat-ha reehunAAasifun wajaahumu almawju min kulli makaninwathannoo annahum oheeta bihimdaAAawoo Allaha mukhliseena lahu addeenala-in anjaytana min hathihi lanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

He it is that lets you travel in the earth and the sea; when you have boarded ships and sailed by them with a good breeze and exulted thereat–– A tempest wind came upon them, and the waves came on them from every side, and they thought they were encompassed therein; they called to God, sincere to Him in doctrine: “If Thou deliver us from this, we will be among the grateful!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-22.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** يُحِيطُوا۟ — yuḥīṭū · "they could encompass"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُح۪يطُوا بِعِلْمِه۪ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْو۪يلُهُۜ كَذٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Bal kaththaboo bima lam yuheetoobiAAilmihi walamma ya/tihim ta/weeluhu kathalika kaththabaallatheena min qablihim fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu aththalimeen

The truth is, they have denied what they compassed not in knowledge, and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus denied those before them. Then see thou how was the final outcome of the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-39.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** مُّحِيطٍۢ — muḥīṭin · "all-encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِلٰى مَدْيَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْباًۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ  وَلَا تَنْقُصُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰيكُمْ بِخَيْرٍ وَاِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُح۪يطٍ

Wa-ila madyana akhahumshuAAayban qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu wala tanqusooalmikyala walmeezana innee arakumbikhayrin wa-innee akhafu AAalaykum AAathaba yawminmuheet

And to Madyan, their brother Shuʿayb: he said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; so decrease not the measure and the balance. I see you in affluence, but I fear for you the punishment of an encompassing day.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-84.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** مُحِيطٌۭ — muḥīṭun · "(is) All-Encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَرَهْط۪ٓي اَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَٓاءَكُمْ ظِهْرِياًّۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطٌ

Qala ya qawmi arahteeaAAazzu AAalaykum mina Allahi wattakhathtumoohuwaraakum thihriyyan inna rabbee bimataAAmaloona muheet

He said: “O my people: is my family more respected for power by you than God? And Him have you put behind your backs. My Lord encompasses what you do.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-92.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** يُحَاطَ — yuḥāṭa · "you are surrounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ لَنْ اُرْسِلَهُ مَعَكُمْ حَتّٰى تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ لَتَأْتُنَّن۪ي بِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُحَاطَ بِكُمْۚ فَلَمَّٓا اٰتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مَا نَقُولُ وَك۪يلٌ

Qala lan orsilahu maAAakum hattatu/tooni mawthiqan mina Allahi lata/tunnanee bihi illaan yuhata bikum falamma atawhu mawthiqahum qalaAllahu AAala ma naqoolu wakeel

He said: “I will not send him with you until you give me a solemn oath before God that you will bring him to me save that you be surrounded.” And when they had brought him their solemn oath, he said: “God is guardian over what we say.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-66.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** أَحَاطَ — aḥāṭa · "has encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ اَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِۜ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْيَا الَّت۪ٓي اَرَيْنَاكَ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْاٰنِۜ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْۙ فَمَا يَز۪يدُهُمْ اِلَّا طُغْيَاناً كَب۪يراً۟

Wa-ith qulna laka inna rabbakaahata binnasi wama jaAAalnaarru/ya allatee araynaka illafitnatan linnasi washshajarataalmalAAoonata fee alqur-ani wanukhawwifuhum famayazeeduhum illa tughyanan kabeera

And when We said to thee: “Thy Lord encompasses mankind[...],” and We made the vision which We showed thee only a means of denial for mankind, and also the accursed tree in the Qur’an. And We put them in dread, but it increases them not save in great inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-60.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** أَحَاطَ — aḥāṭa · "will surround"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَٓاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْۙ اِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ نَاراًۙ اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَاۜ وَاِنْ يَسْتَغ۪يثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَٓاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَۜ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُۜ وَسَٓاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً

Waquli alhaqqu min rabbikum faman shaafalyu/min waman shaa falyakfur inna aAAtadnaliththalimeena naran ahatabihim suradiquha wa-in yastagheethoo yughathoobima-in kalmuhli yashwee alwujooha bi/sa ashsharabuwasaat murtafaqa

And say thou: “The truth is from your Lord; then whoso wills, let him believe; and whoso wills, let him deny.” We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire, its walls encompassing them; and if they seek succour, they will be given succour by water like molten brass burning the faces — evil the drink, and evil the resting-place.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-29.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** وَأُحِيطَ — wa-uḥīṭa · "And were surrounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاُح۪يطَ بِثَمَرِه۪ فَاَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلٰى مَٓا اَنْفَقَ ف۪يهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي لَمْ اُشْرِكْ بِرَبّ۪ٓي اَحَداً

Waoheeta bithamarihi faasbahayuqallibu kaffayhi AAala ma anfaqa feehawahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihawayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oshrik birabbee ahada

And encompassed were his fruits; and he began to wring his hands for all that he had spent therein, but it was desolate and in ruins. And he said: “Would that I had not ascribed a partnership with my Lord to anyone!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-42.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** تُحِطْ — tuḥiṭ · "you encompass"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلٰى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِه۪ خُبْراً

Wakayfa tasbiru AAala malam tuhit bihi khubra

“And how canst thou be patient with what thou hast not encompassed in knowledge?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-68.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** أَحَطْنَا — aḥaṭnā · "We encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

كَذٰلِكَۜ وَقَدْ اَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْراً

Kathalika waqad ahatnabima ladayhi khubra

Thus! — and We have encompassed what is with it in knowledge —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-91.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** يُحِيطُونَ — yuḥīṭūna · "they encompass"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُح۪يطُونَ بِه۪ عِلْماً

YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wamakhalfahum wala yuheetoona bihi AAilma

He knows what is before them and what following them, and they do not encompass it in knowledge.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-110.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** أَحَطتُ — aḥaṭtu · "I have encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, singular · past tense

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَع۪يدٍ فَقَالَ اَحَطْتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِه۪ وَجِئْتُكَ مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِنَبَأٍ يَق۪ينٍ

Famakatha ghayra baAAeedin faqala ahattubima lam tuhit bihi waji/tuka min saba-inbinaba-in yaqeen

But he tarried not long, and said: “I have encompassed what thou hast not encompassed; and I come to thee from Saba’ with a certain report.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-22.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** تُحِطْ — tuḥiṭ · "you have encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَع۪يدٍ فَقَالَ اَحَطْتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِه۪ وَجِئْتُكَ مِنْ سَبَأٍ بِنَبَأٍ يَق۪ينٍ

Famakatha ghayra baAAeedin faqala ahattubima lam tuhit bihi waji/tuka min saba-inbinaba-in yaqeen

But he tarried not long, and said: “I have encompassed what thou hast not encompassed; and I come to thee from Saba’ with a certain report.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-22.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** تُحِيطُوا۟ — tuḥīṭū · "you encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫ قَالَ اَكَذَّبْتُمْ بِاٰيَات۪ي وَلَمْ تُح۪يطُوا بِهَا عِلْماً اَمَّاذَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Hatta itha jaooqala akaththabtum bi-ayatee walam tuheetoobiha AAilman ammatha kuntum taAAmaloon

When they have come, He will say: “Did you deny My proofs, when you had not encompassed them in knowledge? Or what was it you did?”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-84.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ — lamuḥīṭatun · "will surely, encompass"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِۜ وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُح۪يطَةٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَۙ

YastaAAjiloonaka bilAAathabiwa-inna jahannama lamuheetatun bilkafireen

They ask thee to hasten the punishment! And Gehenna will encompass the false claimers of guidance

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-54.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** مُّحِيطٌۢ — muḥīṭun · "encompassing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ ف۪ي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْ لِقَٓاءِ رَبِّهِمْۜ  اَلَٓا اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُح۪يطٌ

Ala innahum fee miryatin min liqa-irabbihim ala innahu bikulli shay-in muheet

In truth, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. In truth, He encompasses all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-54.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** أَحَاطَ — aḥāṭa · "Allah encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاُخْرٰى لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهَا قَدْ اَحَاطَ اللّٰهُ بِهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يراً

Waokhra lam taqdiroo AAalayhaqad ahata Allahu biha wakana AllahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeera

And others over which you have not had power: them has God encompassed; and God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-21.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** أَحَاطَ — aḥāṭa · "encompasses"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْاَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّۜ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْاَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ اَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً

Allahu allathee khalaqa sabAAasamawatin wamina al-ardi mithlahunnayatanazzalu al-amru baynahunna litaAAlamoo anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeerun waanna Allaha qad ahatabikulli shay-in AAilma

God is He who created seven heavens — and of the earth their like — the command descending between them, that you might know that God is over all things powerful, and that God has encompassed all things in knowledge.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-12.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَحَاطَ — wa-aḥāṭa · "and He has encompassed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لِيَعْلَمَ اَنْ قَدْ اَبْلَغُوا رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَاَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَاَحْصٰى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَدَداً

LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalatirabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsa kullashay-in AAadada

“That He might know that they have delivered the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed what is with them, and counted all things by number.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-28.md_

### 85. Surah Al-Buruj, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** مُّحِيطٌۢ — muḥīṭun · "encompasses"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاللّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَٓائِهِمْ مُح۪يطٌۚ

Wallahu min wara-ihimmuheet

But God is behind them, encompassing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-buruj/verse-20.md_

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