# Kaf-Ta-Ayn — قطع (qTE)

> Occurs in 36 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to cut, to separate, to divide, to split, to segregate, to disable, to discontinue, to withdraw, to demolish, to rot, to end, to stop, to finish, to cease, to fail, to halt, to be stopped, blocked, to put an end to, piece, part, section, cut piece from a whole
- **Derived forms:** تَّقَطَّعَ (5) · قَاطِعَة (1) · قَطَّعَ (12) · قُطِعَ (12) · قِطَع (2) · قِطْع (2) · مَقْطُوع (1) · مَقْطُوعَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَقْطَعُونَ — wayaqṭaʿūna · "and [they] cut"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ۖ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahdaAllahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona maamara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee al-ardiola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Those who break the covenant with God after its agreement, and sever what God commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land; it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-27.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 166

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَقَطَّعَتْ — wataqaṭṭaʿat · "[and] will be cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اِذْ تَبَرَّاَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْاَسْبَابُ

Ith tabarraa allatheenaittubiAAoo mina allatheena ittabaAAoo waraawoo alAAathabawataqattaAAat bihimu al-asbab

When those who were followed will disown those who followed; and they will see the punishment, and the connections between them will be cut,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-166.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَقْطَعَ — liyaqṭaʿa · "That He may cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنْقَلِبُوا خَٓائِب۪ينَ

LiyaqtaAAa tarafan mina allatheenakafaroo aw yakbitahum fayanqaliboo kha-ibeen

“That He might cut off a part of those who ignore warning, or suppress them so they turn back disappointed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-127.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** تُقَطَّعَ — tuqaṭṭaʿa · "be cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اِنَّمَا جَزٰٓؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداً اَنْ يُقَتَّلُٓوا اَوْ يُصَلَّـبُٓوا اَوْ تُقَطَّعَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ اَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْاَرْضِۜ ذٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌۙ

Innama jazao allatheenayuhariboona Allaha warasoolahu wayasAAawna feeal-ardi fasadan an yuqattaloo aw yusallabooaw tuqattaAAa aydeehim waarjuluhum min khilafin awyunfaw mina al-ardi thalika lahum khizyun fee addunyawalahum fee al-akhirati AAathabun AAatheem

The reward but of those who war against God and His messenger, and strive to work corruption in the land, that they be killed, or they be crucified, or their hands and feet be cut off on opposite sides, or they be banished from the land. That[...]. They have disgrace in the World; and they have in the Hereafter a great punishment

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-33.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ — fa-iq'ṭaʿū · "[then] cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَالاً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wassariqu wassariqatufaqtaAAoo aydiyahuma jazaan bimakasaba nakalan mina Allahi wallahuAAazeezun hakeem

And the male thief and the female thief: cut off their hand as a reward for what they have earned, as an exemplary punishment from God; and God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-38.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** فَقُطِعَ — faquṭiʿa · "So was cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَقُطِـعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۜ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

FaqutiAAa dabiru alqawmi allatheenathalamoo walhamdu lillahirabbi alAAalameen

And cut off was the root of the people who did wrong; and praise belongs to God, the Lord of All Creation!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-45.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** تَّقَطَّعَ — taqaṭṭaʿa · "have been severed (bonds)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَادٰى كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُمْ مَا خَوَّلْنَاكُمْ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِكُمْۚ وَمَا نَرٰى مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَٓاءَكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ اَنَّهُمْ ف۪يكُمْ شُرَكٰٓؤُ۬اۜ لَقَدْ تَقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْكُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ۟

Walaqad ji/tumoona furadakama khalaqnakum awwala marratin wataraktum makhawwalnakum waraa thuhoorikum wamanara maAAakum shufaAAaakumu allatheenazaAAamtum annahum feekum shurakao laqad taqattaAAabaynakum wadalla AAankum ma kuntum tazAAumoon

“And now have you come to Us alone, as We created you the first time; and you have left all that We conferred upon you behind your backs; and We see not with you your intercessors which you claimed were among you as partners; it is cut off between you, and strayed from you is what you claimed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-94.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَطَعْنَا — waqaṭaʿnā · "And We cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ۟

Faanjaynahu wallatheenamaAAahu birahmatin minna waqataAAna dabiraallatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinawama kanoo mu/mineen

So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut off the root of those who denied Our proofs; and they were not believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-72.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 124

- **Form in this verse:** لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ — la-uqaṭṭiʿanna · "I will surely cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · present tense

لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

LaoqatiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin thumma laosallibannakum ajmaAAeen

“I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then will I crucify you all together.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-124.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 160

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ — waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu · "And We divided them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ اَسْبَاطاً اُمَماًۜ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اِذِ اسْتَسْقٰيهُ قَوْمُهُٓ اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۚ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ  كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

WaqattaAAnahumu ithnatayAAashrata asbatan omaman waawhayna ilamoosa ithi istasqahu qawmuhu ani idribbiAAasaka alhajara fanbajasat minhu ithnataAAashrata AAaynan qad AAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum wathallalnaAAalayhimu alghamama waanzalna AAalayhimu almannawassalwa kuloo min tayyibati marazaqnakum wama thalamoona walakinkanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And We divided them into twelve tribes as communities. And We instructed Moses when his people sought water of him: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock”; and there gushed therefrom twelve springs — each people knew its drinking-place. And We caused the cloud to overshadow them, and sent down upon them manna and quails: “Eat of the good things that We provided you.” And they wronged Us not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-160.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 168

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ — waqaṭṭaʿnāhum · "And We divided them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اُمَماًۚ مِنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذٰلِكَۘ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

WaqattaAAnahum fee al-ardiomaman minhumu assalihoona waminhum doona thalikawabalawnahum bilhasanati wassayyi-atilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And We divided them in the earth into communities — some of them righteous, and some of them other than that — and We tried them with good things and evil deeds, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-168.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَقْطَعَ — wayaqṭaʿa · "and cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ اللّٰهُ اِحْدَى الطَّٓائِفَتَيْنِ اَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ اَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ الشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ اَنْ يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِه۪ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ الْكَافِر۪ينَۙ

Wa-ith yaAAidukumu Allahu ihdaatta-ifatayni annaha lakum watawaddoonaanna ghayra thati ashshawkati takoonu lakumwayureedu Allahu an yuhiqqa alhaqqa bikalimatihiwayaqtaAAa dabira alkafireen

And when God promised you one of the two groups, that it would be yours, and you wished that the unarmed one might be yours (but God willed to establish the truth by His words, and to cut off the root of the false claimers of guidance,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-7.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** تَقَطَّعَ — taqaṭṭaʿa · "(are) cut into pieces"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَانُهُمُ الَّذ۪ي بَنَوْا ر۪يبَةً ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ۟

La yazalu bunyanuhumuallathee banaw reebatan fee quloobihim illa an taqattaAAaquloobuhum wallahu AAaleemun hakeem

Their building which they built will never cease to be a doubt in their hearts save that their hearts be cut off; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-110.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 121

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْطَعُونَ — yaqṭaʿūna · "they cross"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَ نَفَقَةً صَغ۪يرَةً وَلَا كَب۪يرَةً وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِياً اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللّٰهُ اَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wala yunfiqoona nafaqatan sagheeratanwala kabeeratan wala yaqtaAAoona wadiyanilla kutiba lahum liyajziyahumu Allahu ahsanama kanoo yaAAmaloon

And they spend not a sum, small or great, nor cross they a valley save it is recorded for them, that God might reward them for the best of what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-121.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** قِطَعًۭا — qiṭaʿan · "(with) pieces"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَسَبُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ جَزَٓاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ بِمِثْلِهَاۙ وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۜ مَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍۚ  كَاَنَّـمَٓا اُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعاً مِنَ الَّيْلِ مُظْلِماًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Wallatheena kasaboo assayyi-atijazao sayyi-atin bimithliha watarhaquhum thillatunma lahum mina Allahi min AAasimin kaannamaoghshiyat wujoohuhum qitaAAan mina allayli muthlimanola-ika as-habu annari humfeeha khalidoon

And for those who earn evil deeds is a reward for evil by the like thereof; and disgrace will cover them — they will not have against God any defender — as if their faces were covered with pieces of darkening night. Those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-27.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** بِقِطْعٍۢ — biqiṭ'ʿin · "in a part"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ اِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُٓوا اِلَيْكَ فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ الَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَكَۜ اِنَّهُ مُص۪يبُهَا مَٓا اَصَابَهُمْۜ اِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُۜ اَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَر۪يبٍ

Qaloo ya lootu innarusulu rabbika lan yasiloo ilayka faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAinmina allayli wala yaltafit minkum ahadun illaimraataka innahu museebuha ma asabahuminna mawAAidahumu assubhu alaysa assubhubiqareeb

Said they: “O Lot: we are messengers of thy Lord; they will not reach thee. And travel thou with thy household during a portion of the night; and let not any one of you turn around save thy wife — there will befall her what befalls them. Their appointment is the morning; is then the morning not near?”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-81.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَطَّعْنَ — waqaṭṭaʿna · "and cut"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, feminine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ اَرْسَلَتْ اِلَيْهِنَّ وَاَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـٔاً وَاٰتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ سِكّ۪يناً وَقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَيْنَهُٓ اَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ اَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلّٰهِ مَا هٰذَا بَشَراًۜ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَر۪يمٌ

Falamma samiAAat bimakrihinna arsalatilayhinna waaAAtadat lahunna muttakaan waatat kulla wahidatinminhunna sikkeenan waqalati okhruj AAalayhinna falammaraaynahu akbarnahu waqattaAAna aydiyahunna waqulna hashalillahi ma hatha basharan in hathailla malakun kareem

And when she heard of their scheming, she sent to them, and prepared for them a feasting couch, and gave to each one of them a knife, and said: “Come thou out before them.” And when they saw him, they exalted him, and cut their hands, and said: “God forbid! This is no mortal; this is only a noble angel!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-31.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** قَطَّعْنَ — qaṭṭaʿna · "cut"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, feminine, plural · past tense

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُون۪ي بِه۪ۚ فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ قَالَ ارْجِعْ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ الّٰت۪ي قَطَّعْنَ اَيْدِيَهُنَّۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَل۪يمٌ

Waqala almaliku i/toonee bihi falammajaahu arrasoolu qala irjiAA ilarabbika fas-alhu ma balu anniswatiallatee qattaAAna aydiyahunna inna rabbeebikaydihinna AAaleem

And the King said: “Bring him to me!” But when the messenger came to him, he said: “Return thou to thy lord, and ask him what is the state of the women who cut their hands; my Lord knows of their plan.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-50.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** قِطَعٌۭ — qiṭaʿun · "are tracks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَفِي الْاَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخ۪يلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقٰى بِمَٓاءٍ وَاحِدٍ۠ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فِي الْاُكُلِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wafee al-ardi qitaAAun mutajawiratunwajannatun min aAAnabin wazarAAun wanakheelun sinwanunwaghayru sinwanin yusqa bima-in wahidinwanufaddilu baAAdaha AAala baAAdinfee alokuli inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the earth are tracts adjacent to one another; and gardens of grapevines, and crops, and date-palms with roots shared and independent — watered with one water; and some of them We make exceed in food others; in that are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-4.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَقْطَعُونَ — wayaqṭaʿūna · "and sever"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الدَّارِ

Wallatheena yanqudoonaAAahda Allahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoonama amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoonafee al-ardi ola-ika lahumu allaAAnatu walahum soo-oaddar

But those who break the covenant of God after its agreement, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land: those have the curse, and they have the evil abode.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-25.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** قُطِّعَتْ — quṭṭiʿat · "could be cloven asunder"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَلَوْ اَنَّ قُرْاٰناً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ اَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْاَرْضُ اَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ بَلْ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اَفَلَمْ يَايْـَٔسِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ لَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَم۪يعاًۜ وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا تُص۪يبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ اَوْ تَحُلُّ قَر۪يباً مِنْ دَارِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْم۪يعَادَ۟

Walaw anna qur-anan suyyirat bihialjibalu aw quttiAAat bihi al-ardu awkullima bihi almawta bal lillahi al-amru jameeAAanafalam yay-asi allatheena amanoo an law yashaoAllahu lahada annasa jameeAAan walayazalu allatheena kafaroo tuseebuhum bimasanaAAoo qariAAatun aw tahullu qareeban mindarihim hatta ya/tiya waAAdu Allahiinna Allaha la yukhlifu almeeAAad

And were there a recitation whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth rent asunder, or the dead caused to speak[...]. The truth is, to God belongs the command altogether. Have not those who heed warning despaired that, had God willed, He would have guided mankind all together? And those who ignore warning: disaster will cease not to strike them for what they have wrought, or to descend near their abodes, until the promise of God comes; God will not break the appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-31.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** بِقِطْعٍۢ — biqiṭ'ʿin · "in a portion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ الَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِـعْ اَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

Faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAin minaallayli wattabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafitminkum ahadun wamdoo haythutu/maroon

“So travel thou with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs; and let not any one of you turn round, but go on to where you are commanded.”

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

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** مَقْطُوعٌۭ — maqṭūʿun · "would be cut off"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَضَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ ذٰلِكَ الْاَمْرَ اَنَّ دَابِرَ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُصْبِح۪ينَ

Waqadayna ilayhi thalikaal-amra anna dabira haola-i maqtooAAunmusbiheen

And We decreed for him that command: “The root of those will be cut off in the morning.”

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

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ — fala-uqaṭṭiʿanna · "So surely I will cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۜ  اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ ف۪ي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِۘ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَيُّـنَٓا اَشَدُّ عَذَاباً وَاَبْقٰى

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafinwalaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi annakhliwalataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa

Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery; then will I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of date-palms; and you will know which of us is severer in punishment and more enduring.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-71.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ — wataqaṭṭaʿū · "But they cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَتَقَطَّعُٓوا اَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْۜ كُلٌّ اِلَيْنَا رَاجِعُونَ۟

WataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahum kullunilayna rajiAAoon

But they divided their affair between them; all are returning to Us.

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

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** لْيَقْطَعْ — l'yaqṭaʿ · "let him cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَنْ كَانَ يَظُنُّ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْصُرَهُ اللّٰهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنْظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُ مَا يَغ۪يظُ

Man kana yathunnu anlan yansurahu Allahu fee addunya wal-akhiratifalyamdud bisababin ila assama-i thummaliyaqtaAA falyanthur hal yuthhibannakayduhu ma yagheeth

Whoso thinks that God will not help him in the World and the Hereafter: let him stretch out means to the sky; then let him cross and let him look: will his plan remove what enrages?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-15.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** قُطِّعَتْ — quṭṭiʿat · "will be cut out"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

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 53

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ — fataqaṭṭaʿū · "But they cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَـتَقَطَّـعُٓوا اَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُراًۜ  كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

FataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahumzuburan kullu hizbin bima ladayhim farihoon

But they divided their command among them into writings, each party exulting at what it has,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-53.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ — la-uqaṭṭiʿanna · "I will surely cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۚ اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ  فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَۜ  لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalasawfa taAAlamoona laoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin walaosallibannakum ajmaAAeen

Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery. And you will come to know! I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you all together.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-49.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** قَاطِعَةً — qāṭiʿatan · "the one to decide"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَتْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَؤُ۬ا اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ٓي اَمْر۪يۚ مَا كُنْتُ قَاطِعَةً اَمْراً حَتّٰى تَشْهَدُونِ

Qalat ya ayyuha almalaoaftoonee fee amree ma kuntu qatiAAatan amran hattatashhadoon

She said: “O eminent ones: counsel me in my affair; I decide no affair until you bear me witness.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-32.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَقْطَعُونَ — wataqṭaʿūna · "and you cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ السَّب۪يلَ وَتَأْتُونَ ف۪ي نَاد۪يكُمُ الْمُنْكَرَۜ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

A-innakum lata/toona arrijalawataqtaAAoona assabeela wata/toona fee nadeekumualmunkara fama kana jawaba qawmihi illaan qaloo i/tina biAAathabi Allahi inkunta mina assadiqeen

“Do you approach men, and cut off the way, and commit perversity in your assemblies?” Then the response of his people was only that they said: “Bring thou us the punishment of God, if thou be of the truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-29.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** فَقَطَّعَ — faqaṭṭaʿa · "so it cuts into pieces"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّت۪ي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَۜ ف۪يهَٓا اَنْهَارٌ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ غَيْرِ اٰسِنٍۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِب۪ينَۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّىۜ  وَلَهُمْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ   كَمَنْ هُوَ خَالِدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَسُقُوا مَٓاءً حَم۪يماً فَقَطَّعَ اَمْعَٓاءَهُمْ

Mathalu aljannati allatee wuAAidaalmuttaqoona feeha anharun min ma-in ghayri asininwaanharun min labanin lam yataghayyar taAAmuhuwaanharun min khamrin laththatin lishsharibeenawaanharun min AAasalin musaffan walahum feehamin kulli aththamarati wamaghfiratun min rabbihimkaman huwa khalidun fee annari wasuqoo maanhameeman faqattaAAa amAAaahum

(The likeness of the Garden which is promised those of prudent fear: therein are rivers of water incorruptible, and rivers of milk of unchanging taste, and rivers of wine delightful to the drinkers, and rivers of purified honey; and they have therein every fruit, and pardon from their Lord.) — like: him who abides eternally in the Fire, and they are given to drink scalding water that lacerates their bowels?

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

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟ — watuqaṭṭiʿū · "and cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ اَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُٓوا اَرْحَامَكُمْ

Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidoofee al-ardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum

And would you, perhaps, if you turned away, work corruption in the land and sever your kinship?

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-22.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ — maqṭūʿatin · "limited"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

لَا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۙ

La maqtooAAatin walamamnooAAa

Unfailing, unforbidden,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-33.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** قَطَعْتُم — qaṭaʿtum · "you cut down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ ل۪ينَةٍ اَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَٓائِمَةً عَلٰٓى اُصُولِهَا فَبِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ وَلِيُخْزِيَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Ma qataAAtum min leenatin awtaraktumooha qa-imatan AAala osoolihafabi-ithni Allahi waliyukhziya alfasiqeen

What you cut down of palm-trees or left standing on its roots: it was by the leave of God, and that He might disgrace the perfidious.

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

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** لَقَطَعْنَا — laqaṭaʿnā · "certainly We (would) have cut off"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَت۪ينَۘ

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

Then would We have cut from him the aorta,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-46.md_

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