# Ta-Vav-Dal — طود (Twd)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be firm and immoveable, steadfast, it rose or ascended in the air, lofty/great/mighty/high mountain/building, cliff, mound, elevated or overlooking tract of land, go round about/much.
- **Derived forms:** طَّوْد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلطَّوْدِ — kal-ṭawdi · "like the mountain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَۜ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ

Faawhayna ila moosaani idrib biAAasaka albahra fanfalaqafakana kullu firqin kattawdi alAAatheem

Then We instructed Moses: “Strike thou the sea with thy staff”; and it parted, and each part was like a great towering mountain.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-63.md_

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