# Kaf-Vav-Te — قوت (qwt)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To nourish/feed, nourishments/sustenances/provisions. Muqitan - protector/controller/observer, controller of distribution, powerful keeper, who watches.
- **Derived forms:** أَقْوَٰت (1) · مُّقِيت (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** مُّقِيتًۭا — muqītan · "a Keeper"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

مَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُنْ لَهُ نَص۪يبٌ مِنْهَاۚ وَمَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُنْ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنْهَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُق۪يتاً

Man yashfaAA shafaAAatan hasanatanyakun lahu naseebun minha waman yashfaAA shafaAAatansayyi-atan yakun lahu kiflun minha wakana AllahuAAala kulli shay-in muqeeta

Whoso intercedes in a good cause has a share thereof; and whoso intercedes in an evil cause has a portion thereof; and God is over all things, nourisher.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-85.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** أَقْوَٰتَهَا — aqwātahā · "its sustenance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative 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_

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