# Fe-Vav-he — فوه (fwh)

> Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To pronounce a latter or word, a discourse. famun/fumun (pl. afwah) - mouth.
- **Derived forms:** أَفْوَٰه (12) · فَا (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — afwāhihim · "their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالاًۜ وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُّمْۚ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَٓاءُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ وَمَا تُخْف۪ي صُدُورُهُمْ اَكْـبَرُۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo bitanatan min doonikum laya/loonakum khabalan waddoo ma AAanittum qad badatialbaghdao min afwahihim wama tukhfee sudooruhumakbaru qad bayyanna lakumu al-ayati inkuntum taAAqiloon

O you who heed warning: take not as intimates other than your own; they will not spare you ruin. They would that you should suffer. Hatred has already become clear from their mouths, and what their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain the proofs to you, if you will use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-118.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 167

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِهِم — bi-afwāhihim · "with their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذ۪ينَ نَافَقُواۚ وَق۪يلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا قَاتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ اَوِ ادْفَعُواۜ قَالُوا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالاً لَاتَّبَعْنَاكُمْۜ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْا۪يمَانِۚ يَقُولُونَ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَۚ

WaliyaAAlama allatheena nafaqoowaqeela lahum taAAalaw qatiloo fee sabeeli Allahiawi idfaAAoo qaloo law naAAlamu qitalan lattabaAAnakumhum lilkufri yawma-ithin aqrabu minhum lil-eemaniyaqooloona bi-afwahihim ma laysa fee quloobihim wallahuaAAlamu bima yaktumoon

And that He might know the waverers. And it was said to them: “Come, fight in the cause of God; or repel.” They said: “Had we known of fighting, we would have followed you.” They were nearer to denial that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts; and God is most aware of what conceal

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-167.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — bi-afwāhihim · "with their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنْكَ الَّذ۪ينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْكُفْرِ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قُلُوبُهُمْۚ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُوا سَمَّاعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّاعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ اٰخَر۪ينَۙ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَۜ يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِه۪ۚ يَقُولُونَ اِنْ اُو۫ت۪يتُمْ هٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَاِنْ لَمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَاحْذَرُواۜ وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللّٰهُ فِتْنَتَهُ فَلَنْ تَمْلِكَ لَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ اللّٰهُ اَنْ يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْۜ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha arrasoolu layahzunka allatheena yusariAAoona fee alkufrimina allatheena qaloo amanna bi-afwahihimwalam tu/min quloobuhum wamina allatheena hadoosammaAAoona lilkathibi sammaAAoona liqawmin akhareenalam ya/tooka yuharrifoona alkalima min baAAdi mawadiAAihiyaqooloona in ooteetum hatha fakhuthoohu wa-in lamtu/tawhu fahtharoo waman yuridi Allahufitnatahu falan tamlika lahu mina Allahi shay-an ola-ikaallatheena lam yuridi Allahu an yutahhiraquloobahum lahum fee addunya khizyun walahum feeal-akhirati AAathabun AAatheem

O Messenger: let there not grieve thee those who compete in denial among those who say: “We believe,” with their mouths, when their hearts have not believed. And among those who hold to Judaism are eager listeners to lies, eager listeners to another people who have not come to thee (they twist words from their places, saying “If this be given you, receive it; but if it be not given you, beware!” And whom God wishes to try: thou wilt not have power for him against God in anything. Those are they whose hearts God desires not to purify; they have in the World disgrace, and they have in the Hereafter a great punishment)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-41.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — bi-afwāhihim · "with their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

كَيْفَ وَاِنْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا ف۪يكُمْ اِلاًّ وَلَا ذِمَّةًۜ يُرْضُونَكُمْ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتَأْبٰى قُلُوبُهُمْۚ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ فَاسِقُونَۚ

Kayfa wa-in yathharoo AAalaykumla yarquboo feekum illan wala thimmatan yurdoonakumbi-afwahihim wata/ba quloobuhum waaktharuhum fasiqoon

How, when if they get the better of you, they observe neither pact of kinship nor obligation to protect? They please you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse; and most of them are perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-8.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۖ — bi-afwāhihim · "with their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌۨ ابْنُ اللّٰهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَس۪يحُ ابْنُ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ يُضَاهِؤُ۫نَ قَوْلَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَبْلُۜ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُۘ اَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Waqalati alyahoodu AAuzayrun ibnu Allahiwaqalati annasara almaseehuibnu Allahi thalika qawluhum bi-afwahihim yudahi-oonaqawla allatheena kafaroo min qablu qatalahumu Allahuanna yu/fakoon

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “ʿUzayr is the son of God”; and the Christians say: “The Messiah is the son of God.” That is the speech of their mouths; they imitate the speech of those who ignored warning before. May God curse them! How are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-30.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — bi-afwāhihim · "with their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يُطْفِؤُ۫ا نُورَ اللّٰهِ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللّٰهُ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

Yureedoona an yutfi-oo noora Allahibi-afwahihim waya/ba Allahu illa anyutimma noorahu walaw kariha alkafiroon

They want to extinguish the light of God with their mouths; and God refuses save to perfect His light, though the false claimers of guidance be averse.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-32.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** فَاهُ — fāhu · "his mouth"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

لَهُ دَعْوَةُ الْحَقِّۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ لَا يَسْتَج۪يبُونَ لَهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ اِلَّا كَبَاسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ اِلَى الْمَٓاءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَالِغِه۪ۜ وَمَا دُعَٓاءُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ اِلَّا ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ

Lahu daAAwatu alhaqqi wallatheenayadAAoona min doonihi la yastajeeboona lahum bishay-in illakabasiti kaffayhi ila alma-iliyablugha fahu wama huwa bibalighihi wamaduAAao alkafireena illa fee dalal

To Him belongs the call of truth; and those to whom they call, besides Him, answer them nothing save it be as one stretching forth his hands to water, that it might reach his mouth, but it reaches it not; and the supplication of the false claimers of guidance is only in error.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-14.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — afwāhihim · "their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَۜۛ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۜۛ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرَدُّٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَقَالُٓوا اِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ وَاِنَّا لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَـنَٓا اِلَيْهِ مُر۪يبٍ

Alam ya/tikum nabao allatheena minqablikum qawmi noohin waAAadin wathamooda wallatheenamin baAAdihim la yaAAlamuhum illa Allahu jaat-humrusuluhum bilbayyinati faraddoo aydiyahum fee afwahihimwaqaloo inna kafarna bima orsiltumbihi wa-inna lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoonanailayhi mureeb

Has not the report reached you of those before you: — the people of Noah, and ʿĀd, and Thamūd, and those after them? None knows them save God. Their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they returned their hands to their mouths, and said: “We deny that wherewith you have been sent, and we are in sceptical doubt about that to which you invite us.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-9.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚ — afwāhihim · "their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

مَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِاٰبَٓائِهِمْۜ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۜ اِنْ يَقُولُونَ اِلَّا كَذِباً

Ma lahum bihi min AAilmin walali-aba-ihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwahihimin yaqooloona illa kathiba

No knowledge have they thereof, and nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak only a lie.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-5.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَاهِكُم — bi-afwāhikum · "with your mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِاَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِاَفْوَاهِكُمْ مَا لَيْسَ لَكُمْ بِه۪ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّناًۗ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ عَظ۪يمٌ

Ith talaqqawnahu bi-alsinatikumwataqooloona bi-afwahikum ma laysa lakum bihiAAilmun watahsaboonahu hayyinan wahuwa AAinda AllahiAAatheem

When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, and thought it insignificant when it was in the sight of God monstrous.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-15.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِكُمْ ۖ — bi-afwāhikum · "by your mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

مَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَلْبَيْنِ ف۪ي جَوْفِه۪ۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ اَزْوَاجَكُمُ الّٰٓئ۪ تُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْهُنَّ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ اَدْعِيَٓاءَكُمْ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْۜ ذٰلِكُمْ قَوْلُكُمْ بِاَفْوَاهِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّب۪يلَ

Ma jaAAala Allahu lirajulin minqalbayni fee jawfihi wama jaAAala azwajakumu alla-eetuthahiroona minhunna ommahatikum wamajaAAala adAAiyaakum abnaakum thalikumqawlukum bi-afwahikum wallahu yaqoolu alhaqqawahuwa yahdee assabeel

God has not made for a man two hearts within him; and He has not made your wives, among whom you assist, your mothers. And He has not made your adopted sons your sons. That is your saying by your mouths; but God speaks the truth, and He guides to the path:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-4.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — afwāhihim · "their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلٰٓى اَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَٓا اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ اَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Alyawma nakhtimu AAala afwahihimwatukallimuna aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bima kanooyaksiboon

This day, will We seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness as to what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-65.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ — bi-afwāhihim · "with their mouths"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يُر۪يدُونَ لِيُطْفِؤُ۫ا نُورَ اللّٰهِ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللّٰهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِه۪ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْـكَافِرُونَ

Yureedoona liyutfi-oo noora Allahibi-afwahihim wallahu mutimmu noorihi walawkariha alkafiroon

They want to extinguish the light of God with their mouths; but God will perfect His light, though the false claimers of guidance be averse.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saf/verse-8.md_

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