# Fe-Vav-Te — فوت (fwt)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To pass away, slip (an opportunity), escape, loose, miss. Tafawut - disparity, oversight, flaw, incongruity, fault, irregularity, want of proportion.
- **Derived forms:** تَفَٰوُت (1) · فَاتَ (3) · فَوْت (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 153

- **Form in this verse:** فَاتَكُمْ — fātakum · "escaped you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَلَا تَلْوُ۫نَ عَلٰٓى اَحَدٍ وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ ف۪ٓي اُخْرٰيكُمْ فَاَثَابَكُمْ غَماًّ بِغَمٍّ  لِكَيْلَا  تَحْزَنُوا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا مَٓا اَصَابَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Ith tusAAidoona walatalwoona AAala ahadin warrasooluyadAAookum fee okhrakum faathabakum ghammanbighammin likay la tahzanoo AAala mafatakum wala ma asabakum wallahukhabeerun bima taAAmaloon

When you were ascending, and paying no heed to anyone, and the Messenger calling you from your rear, so He requited you with grief upon grief, that you might not grieve for what eluded you or what befell you; and God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-153.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** فَوْتَ — fawta · "escape"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَاُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَر۪يبٍۙ

Walaw tara ith faziAAoo falafawta waokhithoo min makanin qareeb

And if thou couldst see when they are in terror: — but there is no escape — and they are seized from a near place,

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-51.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** فَاتَكُمْ — fātakum · "has escaped you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لِكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۙ

Likayla ta/saw AAala mafatakum wala tafrahoo bima atakumwallahu la yuhibbu kulla mukhtalinfakhoor

That you grieve not over what eludes you, nor exult at what comes to you; and God loves not every conceited boaster:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-23.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** فَاتَكُمْ — fātakum · "have gone from you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِنْ فَاتَكُمْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ اِلَى الْـكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ فَاٰتُوا الَّذ۪ينَ ذَهَبَتْ اَزْوَاجُهُمْ مِثْلَ مَٓا اَنْفَقُواۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْتُمْ بِه۪ مُؤْمِنُونَ

Wa-in fatakum shay-on min azwajikumila alkuffari faAAaqabtum faatoo allatheenathahabat azwajuhum mithla ma anfaqoo wattaqooAllaha allathee antum bihi mu/minoon

And if any of your wives slip away from you to the atheists, then you are met with the same: give those whose wives have gone the like of what they spent; and be in prudent fear of God in whom you are believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-11.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** تَفَـٰوُتٍۢ ۖ — tafāwutin · "fault"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ طِبَاقاًۜ مَا تَرٰى ف۪ي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْ تَفَاوُتٍۜ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَۙ هَلْ تَرٰى مِنْ فُطُورٍ

Allathee khalaqa sabAAa samawatintibaqan ma tara fee khalqi arrahmanimin tafawutin farjiAAi albasara hal taramin futoor

Who created seven heavens in harmony. Thou seest not in the creation of the Almighty any imperfection. So return thou thy vision: seest thou any rifts?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-3.md_

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