Quranic root
وقت
w · q · t
The root centers on delimiting or fixing a boundary, especially in time: what is fixed becomes a defined time, appointment, marker, or determinate limit.
From the principle of setting a limit in time or elsewhere, the root develops meanings of appointing a time or action, designating a time or place, marking the beginning of a period, and describing something as fixed or limited.
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- 4
- Quran-attested forms
- 7
- Quran senses
- 13
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
وَقَّتَ
waqqata
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form II
- Form
- II
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To be assigned a particular time for an appointed decision or action.
The Quranic occurrence is passive and concerns the messengers being assigned a definite time.
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To be gathered at an appointed time.
This is an alternative interpretation of the passive Quranic construction, emphasizing gathering at the time appointed for them.
- Lane · entry 45557
Selected Quran examples
Quran 77:11word 3
“are gathered to their appointed time”
مِيقَات
mīqāt
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 8 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A time fixed for a thing; an appointed term, appointment, or promised occasion.
Used for a definite time assigned to an event, meeting, promise, or eschatological term.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:142word 8
“(the) set term”
Quran 44:40word 4
“(is) an appointed term for them”
Quran 78:17word 5
“an appointed time”
A designated place at which an appointed action or meeting is to occur.
The Quranic place-oriented construction refers to coming to an appointed place; the place sense is distinct from the temporal appointment itself.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:143word 4
“to Our appointed place”
A marker that determines the beginning or reckoning of a period.
In the plural, the form can denote markers by which recurring periods are recognized or measured, as with the indicators of calendrical periods.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:189word 6
“(are) indicators of periods”
مَوْقُوت
mawqūt
- Part of speech
- Passive participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Fixed, appointed, or prescribed to occur at a determinate time.
In the Quranic occurrence, prayer is an ordinance prescribed to be performed at its appointed times.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 4:103word 20
“(at) fixed times”
وَقْت
waqt
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 3 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
An appointed or allotted time or period.
The Quranic uses refer to a definite time or period allotted to an event or state, rather than to time as an undifferentiated abstraction.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:187word 13
“its time”
Quran 15:38word 3
“(of) the time”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:189مَوَٰقِيتُ(are) indicators of periods
- 4:103مَّوْقُوتًۭا(at) fixed times
- 7:142مِيقَـٰتُ(the) set term
- 7:143لِمِيقَـٰتِنَاto Our appointed place
- 7:155لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖfor Our appointment
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 9 Classical meanings
وَقَتَ
To determine, define, or limit something with respect to time; to declare or appoint a time for an action.
A Form I verbal use, including fixing a time for prayer or defining a temporal limit.
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وَقَتَ
To make an observance obligatory at its appointed time.
Reported in connection with entering the state of ihram during pilgrimage and with prayer at the beginning of its appointed time.
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وَقَتَ
To designate a place as the point at which an action is to be performed.
Reported especially for designating the place where people enter the state of ihram.
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وَقْت
A time, season, or measure or space of time.
The noun may refer to past or future time. Some usage distinguishes the general temporal noun from مِيقَات, a time appointed for an action.
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وَقْت
A measure of local extension or distance, such as a mile.
A specialized non-temporal usage reported in connection with local extension.
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مَوْقِت
A designated time or place for an event or appointment.
The derived noun may denote the time or place associated with an appointed event.
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وَاقَتَهُ
To make an appointment with someone for a particular time.
Form III usage with a reciprocal or interpersonal appointment construction.
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مِيقَات
A designated station at which pilgrims enter the state of ihram.
The conventional pilgrimage expression مِيقَاتُ الحَجِّ denotes the prescribed station for entering ihram.
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مَوْقُوت
Defined, definite, or limited in its extreme limit, extent, or amount.
This broader non-temporal specialization concerns the bounded extent or amount of a thing, not its scheduled time.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic verb occurrence is passive feminine, while the public headword is normalized to the Form II perfect citation form وَقَّتَ.
The interpretation of 77:11 includes both assignment of a time and gathering at an appointed time; these alternatives are kept as separate Quranic senses.
For مِيقَات, appointed-time, designated-place, and period-marker uses are distinct lexical branches, although contextual translations may overlap.