غ و ي Root gh-w-y in the Qur’an 22 occurrences in 18 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

أَغْوَيْ 8 times

• 7:16 · Al-A'rafأَغْوَيْتَنِى You have sent me astray[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.
• 11:34 · Hudيُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚ let you go astrayAnd my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - If Allah should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."
• 15:39 · Al-Hijrأَغْوَيْتَنِى You misled me[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all
• 15:39 · Al-Hijrوَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ and I will mislead them[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all
• 28:63 · Al-Qasasأَغْوَيْنَآ we led astrayThose upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our disassociation [from them] to You. They did not used to worship us."
• 28:63 · Al-Qasasأَغْوَيْنَـٰهُمْ We led them astrayThose upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our disassociation [from them] to You. They did not used to worship us."
• 37:32 · As-Saffatفَأَغْوَيْنَـٰكُمْ So we led you astrayAnd we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."
• 38:82 · Sadلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ I will surely mislead them[Iblees] said, "By your might, I will surely mislead them all

غاوي 6 times

• 7:175 · Al-A'rafٱلْغَاوِينَ those gone astrayAnd recite to them, [O Muhammad], the news of him to whom we gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.
• 15:42 · Al-Hijrٱلْغَاوِينَ the ones who go astrayIndeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
• 26:91 · Ash-Shu'araلِلْغَاوِينَ to the deviatorsAnd Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,
• 26:94 · Ash-Shu'araوَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ and the deviatorsSo they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators
• 26:224 · Ash-Shu'araٱلْغَاوُۥنَ the deviatorsAnd the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;
• 37:32 · As-Saffatغَـٰوِينَ astrayAnd we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

غَيّ 4 times

• 2:256 · Al-Baqarahٱلْغَىِّ ۚ the wrongThere shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 7:146 · Al-A'rafٱلْغَىِّ (of) [the] errorI will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
• 7:202 · Al-A'rafٱلْغَىِّ the errorBut their brothers - the devils increase them in error; then they do not stop short.
• 19:59 · Maryamغَيًّا evilBut there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil -

غَوَى 3 times

• 20:121 · Ta-Haفَغَوَىٰ and erredAnd Adam and his wife ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.
• 28:63 · Al-Qasasغَوَيْنَا ۖ we were astrayThose upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our disassociation [from them] to You. They did not used to worship us."
• 53:2 · An-Najmغَوَىٰ has he erredYour companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

غَوِيّ 1 time

• 28:18 · Al-Qasasلَغَوِىٌّۭ (are) surely a deviatorAnd he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.