ه و ي Root h-w-y in the Qur’an 38 occurrences in 37 verses

Words from this root

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

أَهْواء 17 times

• 2:120 · Al-Baqarahأَهْوَآءَهُم their desiresAnd never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allah no protector or helper.
• 2:145 · Al-Baqarahأَهْوَآءَهُم their desiresAnd if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.
• 5:48 · Al-Ma'idahأَهْوَآءَهُمْ their vain desiresAnd We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed and do not follow their inclinations away from what has come to you of the truth. To each of you We prescribed a law and a method. Had Allah willed, He would have made you one nation [united in religion], but [He intended] to test you in what He has given you; so race to [all that is] good. To Allah is your return all together, and He will [then] inform you concerning that over which you used to differ.
• 5:49 · Al-Ma'idahأَهْوَآءَهُمْ their vain desiresAnd judge, [O Muhammad], between them by what Allah has revealed and do not follow their inclinations and beware of them, lest they tempt you away from some of what Allah has revealed to you. And if they turn away - then know that Allah only intends to afflict them with some of their [own] sins. And indeed, many among the people are defiantly disobedient.
• 5:77 · Al-Ma'idahأَهْوَآءَ (vain) desiresSay, "O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the inclinations of a people who had gone astray before and misled many and have strayed from the soundness of the way."
• 6:56 · Al-An'amأَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙ your (vain) desiresSay, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."
• 6:119 · Al-An'amبِأَهْوَآئِهِم by their (vain) desiresAnd why should you not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has been mentioned while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled. And indeed do many lead [others] astray through their [own] inclinations without knowledge. Indeed, your Lord - He is most knowing of the transgressors.
• 6:150 · Al-An'amأَهْوَآءَ (the) desiresSay, [O Muhammad], "Bring forward your witnesses who will testify that Allah has prohibited this." And if they testify, do not testify with them. And do not follow the desires of those who deny Our verses and those who do not believe in the Hereafter, while they equate [others] with their Lord.
• 13:37 · Ar-Ra'dأَهْوَآءَهُم their desiresAnd thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allah any ally or any protector.
• 23:71 · Al-Mu'minunأَهْوَآءَهُمْ their desiresBut if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.
• 28:50 · Al-Qasasأَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ their desiresBut if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
• 30:29 · Ar-Rumأَهْوَآءَهُم their desiresBut those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allah has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.
• 42:15 · Ash-Shuraأَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۖ their desiresSo to that [religion of Allah] invite, [O Muhammad], and remain on a right course as you are commanded and do not follow their inclinations but say, "I have believed in what Allah has revealed of the Qur'an, and I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds, and for you your deeds. There is no [need for] argument between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and to Him is the [final] destination."
• 45:18 · Al-Jathiyahأَهْوَآءَ (the) desiresThen We put you, [O Muhammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.
• 47:14 · Muhammadأَهْوَآءَهُم their desiresSo is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?
• 47:16 · Muhammadأَهْوَآءَهُمْ their desiresAnd among them, [O Muhammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge, "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allah has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.
• 54:3 · Al-Qamarأَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ their desiresAnd they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

هَواء 11 times

• 4:135 · An-Nisaٱلْهَوَىٰٓ the desireO you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allah is more worthy of both. So follow not [personal] inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.
• 7:176 · Al-A'rafهَوَىٰهُ ۚ his (vain) desiresAnd if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.
• 14:43 · Ibrahimهَوَآءٌۭ (are) emptyRacing ahead, their heads raised up, their glance does not come back to them, and their hearts are void.
• 18:28 · Al-Kahfهَوَىٰهُ his desiresAnd keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.
• 20:16 · Ta-Haهَوَىٰهُ his desiresSo do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.
• 25:43 · Al-Furqanهَوَىٰهُ his own desireHave you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?
• 28:50 · Al-Qasasهَوَىٰهُ his own desireBut if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
• 38:26 · Sadٱلْهَوَىٰ the desire[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allah." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allah will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.
• 45:23 · Al-Jathiyahهَوَىٰهُ his desireHave you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah? Then will you not be reminded?
• 53:3 · An-Najmٱلْهَوَىٰٓ the desireNor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
• 79:40 · An-Nazi'atٱلْهَوَىٰ the vain desiresBut as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

هَوَى 8 times

• 2:87 · Al-Baqarahتَهْوَىٰٓ desireAnd We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.
• 5:70 · Al-Ma'idahتَهْوَىٰٓ desiredWe had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed.
• 14:37 · Ibrahimتَهْوِىٓ inclineOur Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.
• 20:81 · Ta-Haهَوَىٰ he (has) perished[Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen."
• 22:31 · Al-Hajjتَهْوِى had blownInclining [only] to Allah, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allah - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.
• 53:1 · An-Najmهَوَىٰ it goes downBy the star when it descends,
• 53:23 · An-Najmتَهْوَى desireThey are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
• 53:53 · An-Najmأَهْوَىٰ He overthrewAnd the overturned towns He hurled down

اسْتَهْوَتْ 1 time

• 6:71 · Al-An'amٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ whom (has been) enticedSay, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.' " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.

هاوِيَة 1 time

• 101:9 · Al-Qari'ahهَاوِيَةٌۭ (will be the) PitHis refuge will be an abyss.

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.