# Kaf-Vav-Ye — قوي (qwy)

> Occurs in 42 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be, become strong, prevail, be able to do, be powerful, be vigorous, be forceful. Quwwatun (pl. quwan) - power, strength, vigour, resolution, firmness, determination. Qawun - desert. Aqwa - to stay in desert. Muqwin - dwellers of desert/wilderness (it is derived from the verb qawiya which means: it became desolate or deserted).
- **Derived forms:** قُوَّة (30) · قَوِىّ (11) · مُقْوِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** بِقُوَّةٍۢ — biquwwatin · "with strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wathkurooma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoon

And when We took your agreement and raised the mount above you: “Hold fast what We have given you, and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-63.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** بِقُوَّةٍۢ — biquwwatin · "with firmness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُواۜ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاُشْرِبُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْۜ  قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِه۪ٓ ا۪يمَانُكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wasmaAAoo qaloosamiAAna waAAasayna waoshriboo feequloobihimu alAAijla bikufrihim qul bi/sama ya/murukumbihi eemanukum in kuntum mu/mineen

And when We took your agreement and raised the mount above you: “Hold fast what We give you, and listen,” they said: “We hear and we oppose”; and they were filled with drinking the calf in their hearts for their denial. Say thou: “Evil is what your faith enjoins upon you, if you be believers.”

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

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 165

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُوَّةَ — l-quwata · "the power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَنْدَاداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَشَدُّ حُباًّ لِلّٰهِۜ وَلَوْ يَرَى الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُٓوا اِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَۙ اَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلّٰهِ جَم۪يعاًۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعَذَابِ

Wamina annasi man yattakhithumin dooni Allahi andadan yuhibboonahum kahubbiAllahi wallatheena amanoo ashaddu hubbanlillahi walaw yara allatheena thalamooith yarawna alAAathaba anna alquwwata lillahijameeAAan waanna Allaha shadeedu alAAathab

And among men is he who takes as equals other than God, loving them with a love like the love for God. But those who heed warning are stronger in love for God. And had those who do wrong seen when they will see the punishment — that power belongs to God altogether, and that God is the Severe in Punishment —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-165.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 145

- **Form in this verse:** بِقُوَّةٍۢ — biquwwatin · "with firmness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الْاَلْوَاحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْعِظَةً وَتَفْص۪يلاً لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍۚ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا بِاَحْسَنِهَاۜ سَاُر۪يكُمْ دَارَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Wakatabna lahu fee al-alwahimin kulli shay-in mawAAithatan watafseelanlikulli shay-in fakhuthha biquwwatin wa/mur qawmakaya/khuthoo bi-ahsaniha saoreekum daraalfasiqeen

And We wrote for him on the tablets every thing as an admonition and an explanation for everything: “Hold thou them fast, and command thou thy people to take the best thereof. I will show thee the abode of the perfidious:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-145.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** بِقُوَّةٍۢ — biquwwatin · "with strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَاَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْۚ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ۟

Wa-ith nataqna aljabalafawqahum kaannahu thullatun wathannooannahu waqiAAun bihim khuthoo ma ataynakumbiquwwatin wathkuroo ma feehi laAAallakumtattaqoon

And when We raised the mountain above them as if it were a canopy: — and they supposed it was to fall upon them — “Hold fast what We give you; and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-171.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** قَوِىٌّۭ — qawiyyun · "(is) All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

كَدَأْبِ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَۙ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَوِيٌّ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Kada/bi ali firAAawna wallatheenamin qablihim kafaroo bi-ayati Allahi faakhathahumuAllahu bithunoobihim inna Allaha qawiyyunshadeedu alAAiqab

Like the case of the house of Pharaoh and those before them: they denied the proofs of God, so God seized them for their transgressions; God is strong, severe in retribution.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-52.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةٍۢ — quwwatin · "force"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِه۪ عَدُوَّ اللّٰهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَاٰخَر۪ينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْۚ لَا تَعْلَمُونَهُمْۚ اَللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ يُوَفَّ اِلَيْكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

WaaAAiddoo lahum ma istataAAtummin quwwatin wamin ribati alkhayli turhiboona bihiAAaduwwa Allahi waAAaduwwakum waakhareena mindoonihim la taAAlamoonahumu Allahu yaAAlamuhum wamatunfiqoo min shay-in fee sabeeli Allahi yuwaffa ilaykumwaantum la tuthlamoon

And prepare for them what you are able of forces and of cavalry, to terrify thereby the enemy of God, and your enemy, and others besides them whom you know not; God knows them. And whatever you spend in the cause of God will be repaid to you in full; and you will not be wronged.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-60.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

كَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُٓوا اَشَدَّ مِنْكُمْ قُوَّةً وَاَكْثَرَ اَمْوَالاً وَاَوْلَاداًۜ فَاسْتَمْتَعُوا بِخَلَاقِهِمْ فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِخَلَاقِكُمْ كَمَا اسْتَمْتَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِخَلَاقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَالَّذ۪ي خَاضُواۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Kallatheena min qablikum kanooashadda minkum quwwatan waakthara amwalan waawladanfastamtaAAoo bikhalaqihim fastamtaAAtumbikhalaqikum kama istamtaAAa allatheena minqablikum bikhalaqihim wakhudtum kallatheekhadoo ola-ika habitat aAAmaluhumfee addunya wal-akhirati waola-ikahumu alkhasiroon

Like those before you, stronger than you in might and greater in wealth and children: they enjoyed their lot. And you have enjoyed your lot as they enjoyed their lot who were before you; and you have discoursed vainly like those discoursed vainly; those: their works are vain in the World and the Hereafter; and it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-69.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةً — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَيَا قَوْمِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُٓوا اِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَٓاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَاراً وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً اِلٰى قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Waya qawmi istaghfiroo rabbakumthumma tooboo ilayhi yursili assamaa AAalaykummidraran wayazidkum quwwatan ila quwwatikum walatatawallaw mujrimeen

And: “O my people: ask forgiveness of your Lord; then turn to Him. He will send the sky upon you in abundant rains, and increase you in strength to your strength. And turn not away as lawbreakers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-52.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّتِكُمْ — quwwatikum · "your strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَيَا قَوْمِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُٓوا اِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَٓاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَاراً وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً اِلٰى قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Waya qawmi istaghfiroo rabbakumthumma tooboo ilayhi yursili assamaa AAalaykummidraran wayazidkum quwwatan ila quwwatikum walatatawallaw mujrimeen

And: “O my people: ask forgiveness of your Lord; then turn to Him. He will send the sky upon you in abundant rains, and increase you in strength to your strength. And turn not away as lawbreakers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-52.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَوِىُّ — l-qawiyu · "(is) All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَالِحاً وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْيِ يَوْمِئِذٍۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَز۪يزُ

Falamma jaa amrunanajjayna salihan wallatheena amanoomaAAahu birahmatin minna wamin khizyi yawmi-ithininna rabbaka huwa alqawiyyu alAAazeez

And when Our command came, We delivered Ṣāliḥ and those who heeded warning with him, by mercy from Us, and from the disgrace of that day; thy Lord: He is the Strong, the Exalted in Might.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-66.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةً — quwwatan · "power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ لَوْ اَنَّ ل۪ي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً اَوْ اٰو۪ٓي اِلٰى رُكْنٍ شَد۪يدٍ

Qala law anna lee bikum quwwatan aw aweeila ruknin shadeed

He said: “Would that I had power against you, or could take shelter in a strong support!”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-80.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةٍ — quwwatin · "strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّت۪ي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنْكَاثاًۜ تَتَّخِذُونَ اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ اُمَّةٌ هِيَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّةٍۜ اِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ۜ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Wala takoonoo kallatee naqadatghazlaha min baAAdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoonaaymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arbamin ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihiwalayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntumfeehi takhtalifoon

And be not like her who breaks her thread after it was strong into fibres, taking your oaths as a deception between you because one community is more numerous than another community. God but tries you thereby; and He will make plain to you on the Day of Resurrection that wherein you differed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-92.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةَ — quwwata · "power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَلَوْلَٓا اِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۙ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِۚ اِنْ تَرَنِ اَنَا۬ اَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالاً وَوَلَداًۚ

Walawla ith dakhalta jannatakaqulta ma shaa Allahu la quwwata illabillahi in tarani ana aqalla minka malanwawalada

“And oh, that when thou wast entering thy garden thou hadst but said: ‘What God has willed; there is no strength save in God!’ Although thou seest me less than thee in wealth and children,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-39.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** بِقُوَّةٍ — biquwwatin · "with strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنّ۪ي ف۪يهِ رَبّ۪ي خَيْرٌ فَاَع۪ينُون۪ي بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْماًۙ

Qala ma makkannee feehi rabbeekhayrun faaAAeenoonee biquwwatin ajAAal baynakum wabaynahum radma

He said: “That wherein my Lord has established me is better; but assist me with strength: I will make between you and them a dam.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-95.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** بِقُوَّةٍۢ ۖ — biquwwatin · "with strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

يَا يَحْيٰى خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍۜ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِياًّۙ

Ya yahya khuthialkitaba biquwwatin waataynahu alhukmasabiyya

“O John: hold thou fast the Writ!” And We gave him judgment when a child,

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-12.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** لَقَوِىٌّ — laqawiyyun · "(is) surely All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَقُولُوا رَبُّنَا اللّٰهُۜ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللّٰهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِــعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَمَسَاجِدُ يُذْكَرُ ف۪يهَا اسْمُ اللّٰهِ كَث۪يراًۜ وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَز۪يزٌ

Allatheena okhrijoo min diyarihimbighayri haqqin illa an yaqooloo rabbuna Allahuwalawla dafAAu Allahi annasa baAAdahumbibaAAdin lahuddimat sawamiAAu wabiyaAAun wasalawatunwamasajidu yuthkaru feeha ismu Allahikatheeran walayansuranna Allahu man yansuruhuinna Allaha laqawiyyun AAazeez

Those who have been turned out of their homes without cause save that they said: “Our Lord is God.” And were God not to repel some people by means of others, pious communities would be destroyed, and trade, and duties, and places of worship wherein the name of God is remembered much[...]. But God will help him who helps Him: — God is strong and exalted in might —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-40.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** لَقَوِىٌّ — laqawiyyun · "(is) surely All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

مَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَز۪يزٌ

Ma qadaroo Allaha haqqaqadrihi inna Allaha laqawiyyun AAazeez

They measured God not with the measure due Him; God is strong, and exalted in might.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-74.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةٍۢ — quwwatin · "(of) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالُوا نَحْنُ اُو۬لُوا قُوَّةٍ وَاُو۬لُوا بَأْسٍ شَد۪يدٍ وَالْاَمْرُ اِلَيْكِ فَانْظُر۪ي مَاذَا تَأْمُر۪ينَ

Qaloo nahnu oloo quwwatinwaoloo ba/sin shadeedin wal-amru ilayki fanthureematha ta/mureen

They said: “We possess power and possess strong might, but the command is for thee; see thou what thou wilt command.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-33.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** لَقَوِىٌّ — laqawiyyun · "surely, strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ عِفْر۪يتٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ اَنَا۬ اٰت۪يكَ بِه۪ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ مَقَامِكَۚ وَاِنّ۪ي عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِيٌّ اَم۪ينٌ

Qala AAifreetun mina aljinni anaateeka bihi qabla an taqooma min maqamika wa-inneAAalayhi laqawiyyun ameen

A mischievous one among the domini said: “I will bring it to thee before thou canst rise from thy place; and I am for this strong and trustworthy.”

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

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَوِىُّ — l-qawiyu · "(is) the strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

قَالَتْ اِحْدٰيهُمَا يَٓا اَبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُۘ اِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْاَم۪ينُ

Qalat ihdahuma yaabati ista/jirhu inna khayra mani ista/jarta alqawiyyu al-ameen

One of the two said: “O my father: hire thou him; the best thou canst hire is the strong and the trustworthy.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-26.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُوَّةِ — l-quwati · "possessors of great strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

اِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسٰى فَبَغٰى عَلَيْهِمْۖ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ مَٓا اِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُٓوأُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ اُو۬لِي الْقُوَّةِۗ اِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِح۪ينَ

Inna qaroona kana min qawmimoosa fabagha AAalayhim waataynahumina alkunoozi ma inna mafatihahu latanoo-obilAAusbati olee alquwwati ith qalalahu qawmuhu la tafrah inna Allaha layuhibbu alfariheen

Qārūn was of the people of Moses, but he oppressed them. And We had given him of treasures that whereof the keys weighed down a company of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him: “Exult thou not — God loves not the exultant —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-76.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ اِنَّـمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عِنْد۪يۜ اَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ اَهْلَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَاَكْثَرُ جَمْعاًۜ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذُنُوبِهِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Qala innama ooteetuhu AAalaAAilmin AAindee awa lam yaAAlam anna Allaha qad ahlaka minqablihi mina alqurooni man huwa ashaddu minhu quwwatan waaktharujamAAan wala yus-alu AAan thunoobihimu almujrimoon

He said: “I have been given it only because of knowledge I have,” — knew he not that God had destroyed before him generations stronger than him in power, and greater in accumulation? — “and the lawbreakers will not be questioned about their transgressions!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-78.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَانُٓوا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَاَثَارُوا الْاَرْضَ وَعَمَرُوهَٓا اَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۜ فَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَۜ

Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimkanoo ashadda minhum quwwatan waatharoo al-ardawaAAamarooha akthara mimma AAamarooha wajaat-humrusuluhum bilbayyinati fama kana Allahuliyathlimahum walakin kanoo anfusahumyathlimoon

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those who were before them? They were stronger than them in power, and they tilled the earth and inhabited it more than they have inhabited it; and their messengers came to them with clear signs; and God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-9.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفاً وَشَيْبَةًۜ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۚ وَهُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْقَد۪يرُ

Allahu allathee khalaqakum mindaAAfin thumma jaAAala min baAAdi daAAfin quwwatanthumma jaAAala min baAAdi quwwatin daAAfan washaybatanyakhluqu ma yashao wahuwa alAAaleemu alqadeer

God is He who created you of weakness, then appointed He, after weakness, strength; then He appointed, after strength, weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills; and He is the Knowing, the Powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-54.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةٍۢ — quwwatin · "strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفاً وَشَيْبَةًۜ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۚ وَهُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْقَد۪يرُ

Allahu allathee khalaqakum mindaAAfin thumma jaAAala min baAAdi daAAfin quwwatanthumma jaAAala min baAAdi quwwatin daAAfan washaybatanyakhluqu ma yashao wahuwa alAAaleemu alqadeer

God is He who created you of weakness, then appointed He, after weakness, strength; then He appointed, after strength, weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills; and He is the Knowing, the Powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-54.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** قَوِيًّا — qawiyyan · "All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَرَدَّ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِغَيْظِهِمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا خَيْراًۜ وَكَفَى اللّٰهُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ الْقِتَالَۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ قَوِياًّ عَز۪يزاًۚ

Waradda Allahu allatheenakafaroo bighaythihim lam yanaloo khayranwakafa Allahu almu/mineena alqitala wakanaAllahu qawiyyan AAazeeza

And God repelled those who ignored warning in their wrath — they have not attained to good; and God sufficed the believers in the fight; and God is strong and exalted in might.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-25.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ ۚ — quwwatan · "(in) power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُٓوا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۜ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ عَل۪يماً قَد۪يراً

Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimwakanoo ashadda minhum quwwatan wama kanaAllahu liyuAAjizahu min shay-in fee assamawatiwala fee al-ardi innahu kana AAaleemanqadeera

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those who were before them? And they were stronger than them in power; but God is not such that anything in the heavens or in the earth should frustrate Him; He is knowing and powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-44.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَانُوا هُمْ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَاٰثَاراً فِي الْاَرْضِ فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَاقٍ

Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena kanoomin qablihim kanoo hum ashadda minhum quwwatan waatharanfee al-ardi faakhathahumu Allahu bithunoobihimwama kana lahum mina Allahi min waq

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those who were before them? They were stronger than them in power and impact in the earth; but God seized them for their transgressions; and they had not from God any defender,

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-21.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** قَوِىٌّۭ — qawiyyun · "(is) All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانَتْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَكَفَرُوا فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّهُ قَوِيٌّ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Thalika bi-annahum kanatta/teehim rusuluhum bilbayyinati fakafaroo faakhathahumuAllahu innahu qawiyyun shadeedu alAAiqab

For it is that their messengers brought them clear signs, but they denied, so God seized them. He is strong, and severe in retribution.

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

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اَفَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَانُٓوا اَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَاَشَدَّ قُوَّةً وَاٰثَاراً فِي الْاَرْضِ فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Afalam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimkanoo akthara minhum waashadda quwwatan waatharanfee al-ardi fama aghna AAanhum ma kanooyaksiboon

Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those before them? They were more numerous than they, and stronger in power and impact in the earth; but there availed them not what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-82.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةً ۖ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ اَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةًۜ  اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۜ وَكَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Faamma AAadun fastakbaroofee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi waqaloo manashaddu minna quwwatan awa lam yaraw anna Allahaallathee khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwatan wakanoobi-ayatina yajhadoon

Then as for ʿĀd: they had waxed proud in the land without cause, and they said: “Who is stronger than us in power?” Had they not considered that God who created them, He was stronger than them in power? And they rejected Our proofs.

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

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ ۖ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ اَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةًۜ  اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۜ وَكَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Faamma AAadun fastakbaroofee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi waqaloo manashaddu minna quwwatan awa lam yaraw anna Allahaallathee khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwatan wakanoobi-ayatina yajhadoon

Then as for ʿĀd: they had waxed proud in the land without cause, and they said: “Who is stronger than us in power?” Had they not considered that God who created them, He was stronger than them in power? And they rejected Our proofs.

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

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَوِىُّ — l-qawiyu · "(is) the All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

اَللّٰهُ لَط۪يفٌ بِعِبَادِه۪ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ وَهُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَز۪يزُ۟

Allahu lateefun biAAibadihiyarzuqu man yashao wahuwa alqawiyyu alAAazeez

God is subtle with His servants; He provides for whom He wills. And He is the Strong, the Exalted in Might.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-19.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةًۭ — quwwatan · "(in) strength"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ اَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَخْرَجَتْكَۚ اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

Wakaayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatanmin qaryatika allatee akhrajatka ahlaknahum fala nasiralahum

And how many a city stronger than thy city which has turned thee out have We destroyed! And there was no helper for them.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-13.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُوَّةِ — l-quwati · "(of) Power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُوالْقُوَّةِ الْمَت۪ينُ

Inna Allaha huwa arrazzaquthoo alquwwati almateen

God, He is the Provider, the Possessor of Power, the Strong.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-58.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُوَىٰ — l-quwā · "(in) power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

عَلَّمَهُ شَد۪يدُ الْقُوٰىۙ

AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

Taught him by one strong in power,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-5.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** لِّلْمُقْوِينَ — lil'muq'wīna · "for the wayfarers in the desert"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَاهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَاعاً لِلْمُقْو۪ينَۚ

Nahnu jaAAalnaha tathkiratanwamataAAan lilmuqween

We made it a reminder, and a benefit for the desert-travellers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-73.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** قَوِىٌّ — qawiyyun · "(is) All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْم۪يزَانَ لِيَقُومَ النَّاسُ بِالْقِسْطِۚ وَاَنْزَلْنَا الْحَد۪يدَ ف۪يهِ بَأْسٌ  شَد۪يدٌ  وَمَنَافِعُ  لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ اللّٰهُ  مَنْ  يَنْصُرُهُ وَرُسُلَهُ بِالْغَيْبِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَوِيٌّ عَز۪يزٌ۟

Laqad arsalna rusulana bilbayyinatiwaanzalna maAAahumu alkitaba walmeezanaliyaqooma annasu bilqisti waanzalnaalhadeeda feehi ba/sun shadeedun wamanafiAAu linnasiwaliyaAAlama Allahu man yansuruhu warusulahu bilghaybiinna Allaha qawiyyun AAazeez

And We sent Our messengers with the clear signs, and sent down with them the Writ and the balance, that men uphold equity — and We sent down iron wherein is mighty power and benefits for men — and that God might know him who helps Him and His messengers unseen; God is strong and exalted in might.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-25.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** قَوِىٌّ — qawiyyun · "(is) All-Strong"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَاَغْلِبَنَّ اَنَا۬ وَرُسُل۪يۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَوِيٌّ عَز۪يزٌ

Kataba Allahu laaghlibanna anawarusulee inna Allaha qawiyyun AAazeez

God has written: “I will conquer — I and My messengers!” God is strong and exalted in might.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-21.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةٍ — quwwatin · "power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

ذ۪ي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَك۪ينٍۙ

Thee quwwatin AAinda theealAAarshi makeen

Possessor of power, with the Lord of the Throne secure,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-20.md_

### 86. Surah At-Tariq, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** قُوَّةٍۢ — quwwatin · "power"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۜ

Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasir

Then will he have neither power nor helper.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tariq/verse-10.md_

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