عوق
ʿ-w-q
The root عوق (Ewq) primarily means to hinder, prevent, or impede someone from doing something or from a desired course. It implies turning someone back or away, or retarding their progress.
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ع-و-ق
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Surahs
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Root
ع-و-ق
Root Meaning
The root عوق (Ewq) primarily means to hinder, prevent, or impede someone from doing something or from a desired course. It implies turning someone back or away, or retarding their progress.
Derived forms
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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (1)
Al-Ahzab 33:18
Allah already knoweth those of you who hinder, and those who say unto their brethren: "Come ye hither unto us!" and they come not to the stress of battle save a little
🔎 Across the Quran (5)
وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي مِرۡيَةࣲ مِّنۡهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ
The unbelievers will not cease to be in doubt about it until the Hour suddenly comes upon them, or the chastisement of an ominous day overtakes them
أَوۡ يُزَوِّجُهُمۡ ذُكۡرَانࣰ ا وَإِنَٰثࣰ اۖ وَيَجۡعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمࣱ قَدِيرࣱ
or grants them a mix of males and females, and causes whomever He pleases to be barren. He is All- Knowing, All-Powerful
فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةࣲ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ
So hearing his wife went forth shouting. She struck her face and exclaimed: “A barren old woman am I.”
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ
There is also a Sign for you in (the story of) Ad, when We let loose upon them an ominous wind
وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدࣰّ ا وَلَا سُوَاعࣰ ا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَنَسۡرࣰ ا
They said: “Do not abandon your deities; do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwa, nor Yaghuth, nor Yauq, nor Nasr