# Fe-Vav-Kaf — فوق (fwq)

> Occurs in 43 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be superior in rank or excellence, overcome, surpass, to be above/over, on, upon, more, on high. Fauq - it is a preposition meaning above/upon/over/more/superior. Fawaq - time between two milkings/sucklings, between the opening of one's hand and grasping with it the udder and then lets it go for milking or a delay and space of time between the opening and closing of the hand during milking. Afaqa - to come to one's self, recover (after a swoon or ilness), awake (from sleep), recollect.
- **Derived forms:** أَفَاقَ (1) · فَوَاق (1) · فَوْق (41)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهَا ۚ — fawqahā · "above it"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْـي۪ٓ اَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلاً مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَاۜ  فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۚ  وَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَٓا اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلاًۢ يُضِلُّ بِه۪ كَث۪يراً وَيَهْد۪ي بِه۪ كَث۪يراًۜ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِه۪ٓ اِلَّا الْفَاسِق۪ينَۙ

Inna Allaha la yastahyeean yadriba mathalan ma baAAoodatan famafawqaha faamma allatheena amanoofayaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu min rabbihim waammaallatheena kafaroo fayaqooloona matha aradaAllahu bihatha mathalan yudillu bihikatheeran wayahdee bihi katheeran wama yudillu bihiilla alfasiqeen

God is not ashamed to strike a similitude, be it of a gnat or of what is above it. Then as for those who heed warning: they know that it is the truth from their Lord; and as for those who ignore warning: they say: “What means God by this similitude?” He leads astray many thereby, and He guides many thereby; and He leads astray thereby only the perfidious:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-26.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَكُمُ — fawqakumu · "over you"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wathkurooma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoon

And when We took your agreement and raised the mount above you: “Hold fast what We have given you, and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-63.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَكُمُ — fawqakumu · "over you"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُواۜ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاُشْرِبُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْۜ  قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِه۪ٓ ا۪يمَانُكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wasmaAAoo qaloosamiAAna waAAasayna waoshriboo feequloobihimu alAAijla bikufrihim qul bi/sama ya/murukumbihi eemanukum in kuntum mu/mineen

And when We took your agreement and raised the mount above you: “Hold fast what We give you, and listen,” they said: “We hear and we oppose”; and they were filled with drinking the calf in their hearts for their denial. Say thou: “Evil is what your faith enjoins upon you, if you be believers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-93.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 212

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمْ — fawqahum · "(they will be) above them"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۢ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Zuyyina lillatheena kafaroo alhayatuaddunya wayaskharoona mina allatheena amanoowallatheena ittaqaw fawqahum yawma alqiyamatiwallahu yarzuqu man yashao bighayri hisab

Made fair is the life of this world for those who ignore warning; and they deride those who heed warning. But those who are in prudent fear will be above them on the Day of Resurrection. And God gives provision to whom He wills without reckoning.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-212.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "superior"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

اِذْ قَالَ اللّٰهُ يَا ع۪يسٰٓى اِنّ۪ي مُتَوَفّ۪يكَ وَرَافِعُكَ اِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۚ ثُمَّ اِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَاَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ ف۪يمَا كُنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Ith qala Allahu yaAAeesa innee mutawaffeeka warafiAAuka ilayya wamutahhirukamina allatheena kafaroo wajaAAilu allatheenaittabaAAooka fawqa allatheena kafaroo ila yawmialqiyamati thumma ilayya marjiAAukum faahkumubaynakum feema kuntum feehi takhtalifoon

When God said: “O Jesus: I will take thee and raise thee to Me, and purify thee of those who ignore warning, and place those who follow thee above those who ignore warning until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that wherein you differed.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-55.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "more (than)"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

يُوص۪يكُمُ اللّٰهُ ف۪ٓي اَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِۚ فَاِنْ كُنَّ نِسَٓاءً فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَۚ وَاِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُۜ وَلِاَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ اِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَوَرِثَهُٓ اَبَوَاهُ فَلِاُمِّهِ الثُّلُثُۚ فَاِنْ كَانَ لَهُٓ اِخْوَةٌ فَلِاُمِّهِ السُّدُسُ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوص۪ي بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۜ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ وَاَبْنَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ لَا تَدْرُونَ اَيُّهُمْ اَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعاًۚ فَر۪يضَةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ  اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماً

Yooseekumu Allahu fee awladikumliththakari mithlu haththialonthayayni fa-in kunna nisaan fawqa ithnatayni falahunnathulutha ma taraka wa-in kanat wahidatanfalaha annisfu wali-abawayhi likulli wahidinminhuma assudusu mimma taraka in kanalahu waladun fa-in lam yakun lahu waladun wawarithahu abawahufali-ommihi aththuluthu fa-in kana lahu ikhwatunfali-ommihi assudusu min baAAdi wasiyyatin yooseebiha aw daynin abaokum waabnaokum latadroona ayyuhum aqrabu lakum nafAAan fareedatan mina Allahiinna Allaha kana AAaleeman hakeema

God charges you concerning your children: for the male is the like of the portion of two females; but if there are women above two, then for them is two-thirds of what he left; and if she is one, then for her is half; and for his parents: for each one of them is one-sixth of what he left if he has a child. Then if he has not a child and there inherit from him his parents, for his mother is one-third; but if he has brothers or sisters: for his mother is one-sixth, after a bequest he has made, or debt — your parents and your children: you know not which of them is nearer to you in benefit — as an obligation from God; God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-11.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمُ — fawqahumu · "over them"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِم۪يثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ م۪يثَاقاً غَل۪يظاً

WarafaAAna fawqahumu attoorabimeethaqihim waqulna lahumu odkhuloo albabasujjadan waqulna lahum la taAAdoo fee assabtiwaakhathna minhum meethaqan ghaleetha

And We raised above them the mount for their agreement; and We said to them: “Enter the gate in submission”; and We said to them: “Transgress not the Sabbath”; and We took from them a stern agreement.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-154.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِمْ — fawqihim · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَوْ اَنَّهُمْ اَقَامُوا التَّوْرٰيةَ وَالْاِنْج۪يلَ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لَاَكَلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِهِمْۜ مِنْهُمْ اُمَّةٌ مُقْتَصِدَةٌۜ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ سَٓاءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Walaw annahum aqamoo attawratawal-injeela wama onzila ilayhim min rabbihimlaakaloo min fawqihim wamin tahti arjulihim minhum ommatunmuqtasidatun wakatheerun minhum saa mayaAAmaloon

And had they upheld the Torah and the Gospel and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would have eaten from above them and from under their feet. Among them is a moderate community; but many of them, evil is what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-66.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "over"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِه۪ۜ وَهُوَ الْحَك۪يمُ الْخَب۪يرُ

Wahuwa alqahiru fawqa AAibadihiwahuwa alhakeemu alkhabeer

And He is the Conqueror over His servants; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

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

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "over"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِه۪ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ

Wahuwa alqahiru fawqa AAibadihiwayursilu AAalaykum hafathatan hattaitha jaa ahadakumu almawtu tawaffat-hurusuluna wahum la yufarritoon

And He is the Conqueror over His servants; and He sends guardians over you. When death has come to one of you, Our messengers take him, and they fail not;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-61.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِكُمْ — fawqikum · "above you"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَاباً مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ اَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِكُمْ اَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعاً وَيُذ۪يقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَفْقَهُونَ

Qul huwa alqadiru AAala anyabAAatha AAalaykum AAathaban min fawqikum aw min tahtiarjulikum aw yalbisakum shiyaAAan wayutheeqa baAAdakumba/sa baAAdin onthur kayfa nusarrifual-ayati laAAallahum yafqahoon

Say thou: “He is the one able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you through sects and let some of you taste the might of others.” See thou how We expound the proofs, that they might understand,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-65.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 165

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "above"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٓائِفَ الْاَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ ف۪ي مَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَر۪يعُ الْعِقَابِۘ وَاِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wahuwa allathee jaAAalakum khala-ifaal-ardi warafaAAa baAAdakum fawqa baAAdindarajatin liyabluwakum fee ma atakuminna rabbaka sareeAAu alAAiqabi wa-innahu laghafoorun raheem

And He it is that made you the successors of the earth, and raised some of you above others in degree, that He might try you by what He has given you. Thy Lord is swift in retribution; and He is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-165.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِمْ — fawqihim · "over them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَهُمْ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Lahum min jahannama mihadun waminfawqihim ghawashin wakathalika najzee aththalimeen

They have a resting-place of Gehenna, and over them are coverings; and thus We requite the wrongdoers.

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

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمْ — fawqahum · "over them"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوسٰى وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَاٰلِهَتَكَۜ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْـي۪ نِسَٓاءَهُمْۚ وَاِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ

Waqala almalao min qawmi firAAawnaatatharu moosa waqawmahu liyufsidoo fee al-ardiwayatharaka waalihataka qala sanuqattilu abnaahumwanastahyee nisaahum wa-inna fawqahum qahiroon

And the eminent ones among the people of Pharaoh said: “Wilt thou leave Moses and his people to work corruption in the land, and leave thee and thy gods?” Said he: “We will kill their sons and spare their women; for indeed we have them in subjugation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-127.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 143

- **Form in this verse:** أَفَاقَ — afāqa · "he recovered"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ مُوسٰى لِم۪يقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُۙ قَالَ رَبِّ اَرِن۪ٓي اَنْظُرْ اِلَيْكَۜ قَالَ لَنْ تَرٰين۪ي وَلٰكِنِ انْظُرْ اِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَاِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرٰين۪يۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلّٰى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكاًّ وَخَرَّ مُوسٰى صَعِقاًۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَاَنَا۬ اَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walamma jaa moosalimeeqatina wakallamahu rabbuhu qala rabbiarinee anthur ilayka qala lan taraneewalakini onthur ila aljabali fa-iniistaqarra makanahu fasawfa taranee falammatajalla rabbuhu liljabali jaAAalahu dakkan wakharra moosasaAAiqan falamma afaqa qala subhanakatubtu ilayka waana awwalu almu/mineen

And when Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said: “My Lord: show Thou me that I might look upon Thee.” Said He: “Thou wilt not see Me; but look thou upon the mountain: if it should remain in its place, then thou wilt see Me.” And when his Lord was revealed upon the mountain, He made it level; and Moses fell down thunderstruck. Then when he recovered, he said: “Glory be to Thee! I turn to Thee repentant; and I am the first of the believers!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-143.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمْ — fawqahum · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَاَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْۚ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ۟

Wa-ith nataqna aljabalafawqahum kaannahu thullatun wathannooannahu waqiAAun bihim khuthoo ma ataynakumbiquwwatin wathkuroo ma feehi laAAallakumtattaqoon

And when We raised the mountain above them as if it were a canopy: — and they supposed it was to fall upon them — “Hold fast what We give you; and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-171.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "above"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

اِذْ يُوح۪ي رَبُّكَ اِلَى الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اَنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ سَاُلْق۪ي ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَاضْرِبُوا فَوْقَ الْاَعْنَاقِ وَاضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍۜ

Ith yoohee rabbuka ilaalmala-ikati annee maAAakum fathabbitoo allatheena amanoosaolqee fee quloobi allatheena kafaroo arruAAba fadriboofawqa al-aAAnaqi wadriboo minhum kulla banan

When thy Lord instructed the angels: “I am with you; so make firm those who heed warning. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who ignore warning, so strike above the necks, and strike from them every fingertip!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-12.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِۜ قَالَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَعْصِرُ خَمْراًۚ وَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْس۪ي خُبْزاً تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُۜ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْو۪يلِه۪ۚ اِنَّا نَرٰيكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wadakhala maAAahu assijna fatayaniqala ahaduhuma innee aranee aAAsirukhamran waqala al-akharu innee aranee ahmilufawqa ra/see khubzan ta/kulu attayru minhu nabbi/nabita/weelihi inna naraka mina almuhsineen

And two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said: “I dreamed that I was pressing wine.” And the other said: “I dreamed that I was bearing upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating — inform thou us of the interpretation; we see thou art among the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-36.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** وَفَوْقَ — wafawqa · "but over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَبَدَاَ بِاَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَٓاءِ اَخ۪يهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِنْ وِعَٓاءِ اَخ۪يهِۜ كَذٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَۜ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ اَخَاهُ ف۪ي د۪ينِ الْمَلِكِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَنْ نَشَٓاءُۜ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذ۪ي عِلْمٍ عَل۪يمٌ

Fabadaa bi-awAAiyatihim qabla wiAAa-iakheehi thumma istakhrajaha min wiAAa-i akheehi kathalikakidna liyoosufa ma kana liya/khuthaakhahu fee deeni almaliki illa an yashaa AllahunarfaAAu darajatin man nashao wafawqa kulli theeAAilmin AAaleem

So he began with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he brought it forth from the bag of his brother. (Thus did We plan for Joseph; he could not have taken his brother within the doctrine of the King save that God had so willed. We raise in degree whom We will; and over every possessor of knowledge is One knowing.)

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-76.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِ — fawqi · "the surface"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَب۪يثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَب۪يثَةٍۨ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْاَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ

Wamathalu kalimatin khabeethatinkashajaratin khabeethatin ijtuththat min fawqi al-ardi malaha min qarar

And the likeness of a bad word is like a bad tree: uprooted from the earth, it has no fixed lodging.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-26.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِمْ — fawqihim · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتَى اللّٰهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَاَتٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Qad makara allatheena min qablihimfaata Allahu bunyanahum mina alqawaAAidifakharra AAalayhimu assaqfu min fawqihim waatahumualAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroon

Those before them schemed; then God came at their building from the foundations so the roof fell down on them from above them; and the punishment came upon them whence they perceived not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-26.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِمْ — fawqihim · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ۟

Yakhafoona rabbahum min fawqihimwayafAAaloona ma yu/maroon

They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-50.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَاباً فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ

Allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi zidnahum AAathaban fawqaalAAathabi bima kanoo yufsidoon

Those who ignore warning and turn away from the path of God, We will increase them in punishment over the punishment for what they wrought of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-88.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِ — fawqi · "over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

هٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا ف۪ي رَبِّهِمْۘ فَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِنْ نَارٍۜ يُصَبُّ مِنْ فَوْقِ رُؤُ۫سِهِمُ الْحَم۪يمُۚ

Hathani khasmani ikhtasamoofee rabbihim fallatheena kafaroo quttiAAatlahum thiyabun min narin yusabbu min fawqiruoosihimu alhameem

These are two disputants who have disputed about their Lord. Then those who ignore warning: garments of fire have been cut for them; poured over their heads will be scalding water;

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

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَكُمْ — fawqakum · "above you"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَٓائِقَۗ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ الْخَلْقِ غَافِل۪ينَ

Walaqad khalaqna fawqakum sabAAa tara-iqawama kunna AAani alkhalqi ghafileen

And We have created above you seven paths, and We are not heedless of the creation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-17.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِۦ — fawqihi · "on it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ ف۪ي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشٰيهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ سَحَابٌۜ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۜ اِذَٓا اَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰيهَاۜ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ۟

Aw kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor

Or like darkness in a fathomless sea: there covers it a wave, above which is a wave, above which are clouds: — darknesses one above another! — when he holds out his hand, he scarcely sees it. And he for whom God has made no light, there is for him no light.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-40.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِۦ — fawqihi · "on it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ ف۪ي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشٰيهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ سَحَابٌۜ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۜ اِذَٓا اَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰيهَاۜ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ۟

Aw kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor

Or like darkness in a fathomless sea: there covers it a wave, above which is a wave, above which are clouds: — darknesses one above another! — when he holds out his hand, he scarcely sees it. And he for whom God has made no light, there is for him no light.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-40.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "on"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ ف۪ي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشٰيهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ سَحَابٌۜ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۜ اِذَٓا اَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰيهَاۜ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ۟

Aw kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor

Or like darkness in a fathomless sea: there covers it a wave, above which is a wave, above which are clouds: — darknesses one above another! — when he holds out his hand, he scarcely sees it. And he for whom God has made no light, there is for him no light.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-40.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِمْ — fawqihim · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَوْمَ يَغْشٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Yawma yaghshahumu alAAathabumin fawqihim wamin tahti arjulihim wayaqoolu thooqooma kuntum taAAmaloon

The day the punishment covers them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say: “Taste what you did!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-55.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِكُمْ — fawqikum · "above you"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

Ith jaookum min fawqikum waminasfala minkum wa-ith zaghati al-absaruwabalaghati alquloobu alhanajira watathunnoonabillahi aththunoona

When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, and you thought thoughts about God,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-10.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** فَوَاقٍۢ — fawāqin · "delay"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ

Wama yanthuru haola-iilla sayhatan wahidatan ma lahamin fawaq

And these look only for one Blast; it has no delay.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-15.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِمْ — fawqihim · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌۜ ذٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ عِبَادَهُۜ يَا عِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ

Lahum min fawqihim thulalunmina annari wamin tahtihim thulalunthalika yukhawwifu Allahu bihi AAibadahu yaAAibadi fattaqoon

They will have above them canopies of the Fire, and beneath them canopies. By that does God put His servants in dread: “O My servants: be in prudent fear of Me!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-16.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهَا — fawqihā · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لٰكِنِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَبْنِيَّةٌۙ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِۜ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللّٰهُ الْم۪يعَادَ

Lakini allatheena ittaqawrabbahum lahum ghurafun min fawqiha ghurafun mabniyyatuntajree min tahtiha al-anharu waAAda Allahila yukhlifu Allahu almeeAAad

But those who are in prudent fear of their Lord: they have high chambers above which are high chambers built, beneath which rivers flow; the promise of God — God will not break the appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-20.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهَا — fawqihā · "above it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَجَعَلَ ف۪يهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ ف۪يهَا وَقَدَّرَ ف۪يهَٓا اَقْوَاتَهَا ف۪ٓي اَرْبَعَةِ اَيَّامٍۜ سَوَٓاءً لِلسَّٓائِل۪ينَ

WajaAAala feeha rawasiya minfawqiha wabaraka feeha waqaddara feehaaqwataha fee arbaAAati ayyamin sawaanlissa-ileen

And He made therein firm mountains above it, and blessed it, and decreed therein its diverse nourishment in four days, equal to the askers.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-10.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقِهِنَّ ۚ — fawqihinna · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

تَكَادُ السَّمٰوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Takadu assamawatuyatafattarna min fawqihinna walmala-ikatuyusabbihoona bihamdi rabbihim wayastaghfiroonaliman fee al-ardi ala inna Allaha huwaalghafooru arraheem

The heavens are nigh rent from above themselves, and the angels give glory with the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those upon the earth. In truth, God, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-5.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "above"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۜ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَع۪يشَتَهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً سُخْرِياًّۜ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnuqasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayatiaddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqabaAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhumbaAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimmayajmaAAoon

Is it they who distribute the mercy of thy Lord? We have distributed among them their livelihood in the life of this world and raised some of them above others in degree, that some of them might take others in service; but the mercy of thy Lord is better than what they amass.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-32.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِه۪ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَم۪يمِۜ

Thumma subboo fawqa ra/sihi min AAathabialhameem

“Then pour over his head from the punishment of scalding water!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-48.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "(is) over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ اِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ اللّٰهَۜ يَدُ اللّٰهِ فَوْقَ اَيْد۪يهِمْۚ فَمَنْ نَكَثَ فَاِنَّمَا يَنْكُثُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ اَوْفٰى بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللّٰهَ فَسَيُؤْت۪يهِ اَجْراً عَظ۪يماً۟

Inna allatheena yubayiAAoonakainnama yubayiAAoona Allaha yadu Allahifawqa aydeehim faman nakatha fa-innama yankuthu AAalanafsihi waman awfa bima AAahada AAalayhu Allahafasayu/teehi ajran AAatheema

Those who swear fealty to thee but swear fealty to God; the hand of God is over their hands. Then whoso reneges, he but reneges against his soul. And whoso fulfils what he has taken upon him as a covenant to God, He will give him a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-10.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَ — fawqa · "above"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُٓوا اَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ اَنْ تَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالُكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tarfaAAoo aswatakum fawqa sawti annabiyyiwala tajharoo lahu bilqawli kajahri baAAdikumlibaAAdin an tahbata aAAmalukumwaantum la tashAAuroon

O you who heed warning: raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor be loud in speech to him, as you are loud one to another lest your works be made vain while you perceive not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-2.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمْ — fawqahum · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُٓوا اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِنْ فُرُوجٍ

Afalam yanthuroo ila assama-ifawqahum kayfa banaynaha wazayyannahawama laha min furooj

Have they not looked at the sky above them: — how We have built it, and made it fair, and it has no rifts?

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-6.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمْ — fawqahum · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٓافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُۜ اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَص۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw ila attayrifawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna mayumsikuhunna illa arrahmanu innahubikulli shay-in baseer

Have they not seen the birds above them with wings outstretched and closing? None holds them but the Almighty. He sees all things.

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

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَهُمْ — fawqahum · "above them"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَالْمَلَكُ عَلٰٓى اَرْجَٓائِهَاۜ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌۜ

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

And the angels on its sides; and there will bear the Throne of thy Lord above them, that day, eight.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-17.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْقَكُمْ — fawqakum · "over you"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of place · masculine · accusative case

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَـكُمْ سَبْعاً شِدَاداًۙ

Wabanayna fawqakum sabAAan shidada

And We built above you seven strong ones,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-12.md_

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