# Kh-Ta-Vav — خطو (xTw)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To step/walk or pace, pass over, beremoved or repelled from a thing, go far from, step wide
- **Derived forms:** خُطُوَٰت (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 168

- **Form in this verse:** خُطُوَٰتِ — khuṭuwāti · "(the) footsteps (of)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْاَرْضِ حَـلَالاً طَـيِّباًۘ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Ya ayyuha annasukuloo mimma fee al-ardi halalan tayyibanwala tattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

O mankind: eat of what is in the earth lawful and good, and follow not the footsteps of the satan; he is to you an open enemy.

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

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 208

- **Form in this verse:** خُطُوَٰتِ — khuṭuwāti · "footsteps"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَٓافَّةًۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooodkhuloo fee assilmi kaffatan walatattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

O you who heed warning: enter into surrender completely, and follow not the footsteps of the satan; he is to you an open enemy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-208.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 142

- **Form in this verse:** خُطُوَٰتِ — khuṭuwāti · "(the) footsteps"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case

وَمِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشاًۜ كُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌۙ

Wamina al-anAAami hamoolatanwafarshan kuloo mimma razaqakumu Allahu walatattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniinnahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeen

And of the cattle for burden and for skin: eat of what God has provided you, and follow not the footsteps of the satan; he is an open enemy to you.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-142.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** خُطُوَٰتِ — khuṭuwāti · "(the) footsteps"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَّبِـعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكٰى مِنْكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اَبَداًۙ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزَكّ۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniwaman yattabiAA khutuwati ashshaytanifa-innahu ya/muru bilfahsha-i walmunkariwalawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhuma zaka minkum min ahadin abadan walakinnaAllaha yuzakkee man yashao wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

O you who heed warning: follow not the footsteps of the satan. And whoso follows the footsteps of the satan: he enjoins sexual immorality and perversity. And were it not for the bounty of God upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure ever. But God increases in purity whom He wills; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-21.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** خُطُوَٰتِ — khuṭuwāti · "(the) footsteps"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَّبِـعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكٰى مِنْكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اَبَداًۙ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزَكّ۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniwaman yattabiAA khutuwati ashshaytanifa-innahu ya/muru bilfahsha-i walmunkariwalawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhuma zaka minkum min ahadin abadan walakinnaAllaha yuzakkee man yashao wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

O you who heed warning: follow not the footsteps of the satan. And whoso follows the footsteps of the satan: he enjoins sexual immorality and perversity. And were it not for the bounty of God upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure ever. But God increases in purity whom He wills; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-21.md_

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