# Mim-Kaf-Te — مقت (mqt)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To hate a person, to be hateful, to be an object of hatred, odious.
- **Derived forms:** مَقْت (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَمَقْتًۭا — wamaqtan · "and hateful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتاًۜ وَسَٓاءَ سَب۪يلاً۟

Wala tankihoo ma nakahaabaokum mina annisa-i illa maqad salafa innahu kana fahishatan wamaqtan wasaasabeela

And marry not what your fathers married among women save what is past; it was sexual immorality, and hateful, and an evil path.

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

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** مَقْتًۭا ۖ — maqtan · "(in) hatred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٓائِفَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۜ وَلَا يَز۪يدُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ اِلَّا مَقْتاًۚ وَلَا يَز۪يدُ الْكَافِر۪ينَ كُفْرُهُمْ اِلَّا خَسَاراً

Huwa allathee jaAAalakum khala-ifafee al-ardi faman kafara faAAalayhi kufruhu walayazeedu alkafireena kufruhum AAinda rabbihim illamaqtan wala yazeedu alkafireena kufruhum illakhasara

He it is that made you successors in the earth. And whoso denies, his denial will be upon him. And the denial of the false claimers of guidance increases them not in the sight of their Lord save in hatred; and the denial of the false claimers of guidance increases them not save in loss.

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

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** لَمَقْتُ — lamaqtu · "Certainly Allah's hatred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ اللّٰهِ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ مَقْتِكُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْ اِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى الْا۪يمَانِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ

Inna allatheena kafaroo yunadawnalamaqtu Allahi akbaru min maqtikum anfusakum ithtudAAawna ila al-eemani fatakfuroon

Those who ignore warning will be called: “The hatred of God is greater than your hatred of yourselves — when you were invited to faith, but denied.”

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

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** مَّقْتِكُمْ — maqtikum · "your hatred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ اللّٰهِ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ مَقْتِكُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْ اِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى الْا۪يمَانِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ

Inna allatheena kafaroo yunadawnalamaqtu Allahi akbaru min maqtikum anfusakum ithtudAAawna ila al-eemani fatakfuroon

Those who ignore warning will be called: “The hatred of God is greater than your hatred of yourselves — when you were invited to faith, but denied.”

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

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** مَقْتًا — maqtan · "hateful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَانٍ اَتٰيهُمْۜ كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَعِنْدَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ

Allatheena yujadiloona fee ayatiAllahi bighayri sultanin atahum kaburamaqtan AAinda Allahi waAAinda allatheena amanookathalika yatbaAAu Allahu AAala kulliqalbi mutakabbirin jabbar

“Those who dispute concerning the proofs of God without an authority having come to them; great is the hatred in the sight of God and in the sight of those who heed warning; thus does God seal every proud and tyrannical heart.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-35.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** مَقْتًا — maqtan · "hatred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Kabura maqtan AAinda Allahi antaqooloo ma la tafAAaloon

Great is the hatred in the sight of God, that you say what you do not.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saf/verse-3.md_

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