# Vav-Ta-Elif — وطا (wTA)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To tread upon, walk on, press the ground or anything beneath the feet, trample on, level, make plain. tawaata'a - to agree with each other respecting the affair.
- **Derived forms:** مَوْطِئ (1) · وَطْ ٔ (1) · يَطَ ُٔ (3) · يُوَاطِ ُٔ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** لِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟ — liyuwāṭiū · "to adjust"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّمَا النَّس۪ٓيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُحِلُّونَهُ عَاماً وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَاماً لِيُوَاطِؤُ۫ا عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ فَيُحِلُّوا مَا حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُۜ زُيِّنَ لَهُمْ سُٓوءُ اَعْمَالِهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ۟

Innama annasee-o ziyadatunfee alkufri yudallu bihi allatheena kafaroo yuhilloonahuAAaman wayuharrimoonahu AAaman liyuwati-ooAAiddata ma harrama Allahu fayuhillooma harrama Allahu zuyyina lahum soo-o aAAmalihimwallahu la yahdee alqawma alkafireen

Postponement is but an increase in denial whereby those who ignore warning are led astray; they make it lawful one year and make it unlawful another year, that the count might agree with what God made unlawful — so they make lawful what God made unlawful; made fair to them is the evil of their deeds; and God guides not the people of the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-37.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** يَطَـُٔونَ — yaṭaūna · "they step"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا كَانَ لِاَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ لَا يُص۪يبُهُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَطَؤُ۫نَ مَوْطِئاً يَغ۪يظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَيْلاً اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِه۪ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۙ

Ma kana li-ahli almadeenatiwaman hawlahum mina al-aAArabi an yatakhallafooAAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bi-anfusihimAAan nafsihi thalika bi-annahum la yuseebuhumthamaon wala nasabun walamakhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoonamawti-an yagheethu alkuffara walayanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahumbihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha layudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

It is not for the people of the city and those around them of the desert Arabs to remain behind the messenger of God, and prefer their lives to his life. Is it not that there befalls them neither thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger, in the cause of God, neither take they any step that enrages the atheists, nor achieve they against the enemy an attainment save that it is recorded for them as a righteous deed! God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-120.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** مَوْطِئًۭا — mawṭi-an · "any step"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

مَا كَانَ لِاَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ لَا يُص۪يبُهُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَطَؤُ۫نَ مَوْطِئاً يَغ۪يظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَيْلاً اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِه۪ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۙ

Ma kana li-ahli almadeenatiwaman hawlahum mina al-aAArabi an yatakhallafooAAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bi-anfusihimAAan nafsihi thalika bi-annahum la yuseebuhumthamaon wala nasabun walamakhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoonamawti-an yagheethu alkuffara walayanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahumbihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha layudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

It is not for the people of the city and those around them of the desert Arabs to remain behind the messenger of God, and prefer their lives to his life. Is it not that there befalls them neither thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger, in the cause of God, neither take they any step that enrages the atheists, nor achieve they against the enemy an attainment save that it is recorded for them as a righteous deed! God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-120.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** تَطَـُٔوهَا ۚ — taṭaūhā · "you (had) trodden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاَوْرَثَكُمْ اَرْضَهُمْ وَدِيَارَهُمْ وَاَمْوَالَهُمْ وَاَرْضاً لَمْ تَطَؤُ۫هَاۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يراً۟

Waawrathakum ardahum wadiyarahumwaamwalahum waardan lam tataooha wakanaAllahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeera

And He caused you to inherit their land, and their houses, and their wealth, and a land you had not trodden; and God is over all things powerful.

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

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** تَطَـُٔوهُمْ — taṭaūhum · "you may trample them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْهَدْيَ مَعْكُوفاً اَنْ يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۜ وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَٓاءٌ مُؤْمِنَاتٌ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ اَنْ تَطَؤُ۫هُمْ فَتُص۪يبَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۚ لِيُدْخِلَ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي رَحْمَتِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

Humu allatheena kafaroo wasaddookumAAani almasjidi alharami walhadyamaAAkoofan an yablugha mahillahu walawla rijalunmu/minoona wanisaon mu/minatun lam taAAlamoohum antataoohum fatuseebakum minhum maAAarratun bighayriAAilmin liyudkhila Allahu fee rahmatihi man yashaolaw tazayyaloo laAAaththabna allatheenakafaroo minhum AAathaban aleema

Those are they who disbelieved, and turned you away from the inviolable place of worship, and the offering was prevented from reaching its place of sacrifice. And were it not for believing men and believing women whom you knew not whom you might have trampled[...] — then had dishonour befallen you on their account without knowledge — that God might make enter into His mercy whom He wills. Had they been separate, We would have punished those who ignore warning among them with a painful punishment.

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

### 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** وَطْـًۭٔا — waṭan · "and most potent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ اَشَدُّ وَطْـٔاً وَاَقْوَمُ ق۪يلاًۜ

Inna nashi-ata allayli hiya ashaddu wat-anwaaqwamu qeela

The emergence of the night: it is firmer of foot and more upright of speech.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-6.md_

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