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Root ط و ع ṭ-w-ʿ

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ط و عṭ-w-ʿ

(ن، ف) طَاعَ يَطُوْعُ طَوْعًاṭāʿa yaṭūʿu ṭawʿan: to be submissive, obedient.

طَائِعٌṭāʾiʿ (active participle, ism fāʿil): submissive, obedient. ﴿ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا اَوْ كَرْهًا﴾ (Fuṣṣilat 41:11)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَطَاعَ يُطِيْعُ اِطَاعَةًaṭāʿa yuṭīʿu iṭāʿatan and طَاعَةًṭāʿatan: to obey someone; to comply (willingly, with a glad heart).

اَطِعْaṭiʿ pl. اَطِيْعُوْاaṭīʿūā (imperative, amr): obey!

مُطَاعٌmuṭāʿ (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): obeyed; one whose word is heeded. ﴿قُلْ اَطِيْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَالرَّسُوْلَ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:32); ﴿اَطِيْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوا الرَّسُوْلَ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:59)

Form II (tafʿīl) طَوَّعَ يُطَوِّعُ تَطْوِيْعًاṭawwaʿa yuṭawwiʿu taṭwīʿan: to make someone obedient; to induce someone to do something. ﴿فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ اَخِيْهِ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:30)

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَطَوَّعَ يَتَطَوَّعُ تَطَوُّعًاtaṭawwaʿa yataṭawwaʿu taṭawwuʿan: to obey with deliberate effort; with this basic sense, technically then comes to mean performing supererogatory acts of worship.

مُتَطَوِّعٌmutaṭawwiʿ and مُطَّوِّعٌmuṭṭawwiʿ (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who performs supererogatory worship. ﴿فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُۥ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:184)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَطَاعَ يَسْتَطِيْعُ اِسْتِطَاعَةًistaṭāʿa yastaṭīʿu istiṭāʿatan: to be fit for obedience, to have the capacity or power; then its use becomes general: to have the ability to do any task. ﴿فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ﴾ (At-Taghābun 64:16)

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