# Kaf-Vav-Ayn — قوع (qwE)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to cover, lag behind, walk cautiously, even, soft, depressed, desert, waterless, barren place, desolate
- **Derived forms:** قَاع (1) · قِيعَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 106

- **Form in this verse:** قَاعًۭا — qāʿan · "a level"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعاً صَفْصَفاًۙ

Fayatharuha qaAAan safsafa

“And leave it a level plain.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-106.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** بِقِيعَةٍۢ — biqīʿatin · "in a lowland"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِق۪يعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْاٰنُ مَٓاءًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـٔاً وَوَجَدَ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفّٰيهُ حِسَابَهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِۙ

Wallatheena kafaroo aAAmaluhumkasarabin biqeeAAatin yahsabuhu aththam-anumaan hatta itha jaahu lamyajidhu shay-an wawajada Allaha AAindahu fawaffahu hisabahuwallahu sareeAAu alhisab

And those who ignore warning, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert: the thirsty one thinks it water; when he has come to it, he finds it nothing, but finds God with him, and He pays his account in full — and God is swift in reckoning —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-39.md_

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