Arabic vocabulary
تَوْفِيقguidance in Arabic
تَوْفِيق is how you say “guidance” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root و ف ق (w-f-q)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form II)Pronounced tawfīq
Meaning of guidance in Arabic
- divine guidance, success granted by God — From وَفَّقَهُ اللّٰه — God directing someone to a right course or to what is good.
- a legal document, a pleading — A distinct technical/legal usage recorded separately by Lane.
Tawfīq is the verbal noun of Form II وَفَّقَ, most often used of God enabling or directing a person to the right course — hence its common gloss 'guidance' in the sense of divinely granted success, rather than instruction.
Words from the same root
- وَفَّقَto grant success, guide rightly
- وَافَقَto agree with, correspond, match
- اِتَّفَقَto happen; to be in agreement
- إِتِّفَاقِىٌّcasual, coincidental
Common questions
- How do you say "guidance" in Arabic?
- تَوْفِيق (tawfīq) — especially in the sense of success or right direction granted by God.
- What is the root of تَوْفِيق and what does it mean?
- The root is و ف ق (w-f-q), carrying the sense of agreeing, suiting, or being in accord.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فمَن رجع إلى الله بتوفيقه فإنما رجع بها،
Whoever returns to Allah by His guidance, only truly returns through them.
بِتَوْفِيقِهِ — by His guidance. bi- = 'by, with'; tawfiq means 'divine enabling, success'; the ending '-hi' adds 'His' — 'by His enabling'.
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