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Quran Maqasid

قُوَّة

قوة in the Quran

Meaning: strength

قوة occurs 30 times in 27 verses across 19 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
30
Verses
27
Surahs
19

قُوَّة

Noun · 30 times

Meaning: strength · Also translated as: power, with firmness, the power, force

Forms in the Quran

  • قُوَّةٍ ×19
  • بِقُوَّةٍ ×6
  • ٱلْقُوَّةَ ×3
  • قُوَّتِكُمْ ×1
  • ٱلْقُوَىٰ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

القوة تستعمل تارة في معنى القدرة نحو قوله

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

القاف والواو والياء أصلان متباينان، يدل أحدهما على شدة وخلاف ضعف، والآخر على خلاف هذا وعلى قلة خير.

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root ق و ي

Verses with قوة

Verses 1–20 of 27

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    And remember We took Your Covenant And We raised above you (The towering height) Of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly To what We have given you And bring (ever) to remembrance What is therein: Perchance ye may fear God."

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:63
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And remember We took Your Covenant and We raised Above you (the towering height) Of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly To what We have given you, And hearken (to the Law)" They said: "We hear, And we disobey" And they had to drink Into their hearts (Of the taint) of the Calf Because of their Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed Are the behests of your Faith If ye have any faith!"

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:93
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Yet there are men Who take (for worship) Others besides God, As equal (with God): They love them As they should love God. But those of Faith are Overflowing in their love For God. If only The unrighteous could see, Behold, they would see The Penalty: that to God Belongs all power, and God Will strongly enforce The Penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:165
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We ordained laws For him in the Tablets In all matters, both Commanding and explaining All things, (and said): "Take and hold these With firmness, and enjoin Thy people to hold fast By the best in the precepts: Soon shall I show you The homes of the wicked,— (How they lie desolate)."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:145
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    When We shook the Mount Over them, as if it had been A canopy, and they thought It was going to fall on them (We said): "Hold firmly To what We have given you, And bring (ever) to remembrance What is therein; Perchance ye may fear God."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:171
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Against them make ready Your strength to the utmost Of your power, including Steeds of war, to strike terror Into (the hearts of) the enemies, Of God and your enemies, And others besides, whom Ye may not know, but whom God doth know. Whatever Ye shall spend in the Cause Of God, shall be repaid Unto you, and ye shall not Be treated unjustly.

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:60
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    As in the case of those Before you: they were Mightier than you in power, And more flourishing in wealth And children. They had Their enjoyment of their portion: And ye have of yours, as did Those before you; and ye Indulge in idle talk As they did. They!— Their works are fruitless In this world and in the Hereafter, And they will lose (All spiritual good).

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:69
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And O my people! Ask Forgiveness of your Lord, And turn to Him (in repentance): He will send you the skies Pouring abundant rain, And add strength To your strength: So turn ye not back In sin!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:52
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "Would that I Had power to suppress you Or that I could betake Myself to some powerful support."

    Surah Hud, verse 11:80
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    And be not like a woman Who breaks into untwisted strands The yarn which she has spun, After it has become strong Nor take your oaths to practise Deception between yourselves, Lest one party should be More numerous than another: For God will test you by this; And on the Day of Judgment He will certainly make clear To you (the truth of) that Wherein ye disagree.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:92
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Why didst thou not, As thou wentest into Thy garden, say, "God's Will (Be done)! There is no power But with God!" If thou Dost see me less than Thee in wealth and sons,

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:39
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "(The power) in which My Lord has established me Is better (than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (And labour): I will Erect a strong barrier Between you and them:

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:95
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    (To his son came the command): "O Yaḥyā! take hold Of the Book with might": And We gave him Wisdom Even as a youth,

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:12
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    They said: "We are endued With strength, and given To vehement war: But the command is With thee; so consider What thou wilt command."

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:33
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Qārūn was doubtless, Of the people of Moses; but He acted insolently towards them: Such were the treasures We Had bestowed on him, that Their very keys would Have been a burden to A body of strong men. Behold, his people said to him: "Exult not, for God loveth not Those who exult (in riches).

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:76
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "This has been given To me because of a certain Knowledge which I have." Did he not know that God Had destroyed, before him, (Whole) generations,—which were Superior to him in strength And greater in the amount (Of riches) they had collected? But the wicked are not Called (immediately) to account For their sins.

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:78
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they not travel Through the earth, and see What was the End Of those before them? They were superior to them In strength: they tilled The soil and populated it In greater numbers than these Have done: there came to them Their apostles with Clear (Signs), (Which they rejected, to their Own destruction): it was not God who wronged them, but They wronged their own souls.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:9
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who Created you in a state Of (helpless) weakness, then Gave (you) strength after weakness, Then, after strength, gave (you) Weakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, And it is He Who has All knowledge and power.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:54
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they not travel Through the earth, and see. What was the End Of those before them, Though they were superior To them in strength? Nor is God to be frustrated By anything whatever In the heavens Or on earth: for He Is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.

    Surah Fatir, verse 35:44
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they not travel Through the earth and see What was the End Of those before them They were even superior To them in strength, And in the traces (they Have left) in the land: But God did call them To account for their sins, And none had they To defend them against God.

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:21