و ع ي w-ʿ-y
وَعَى
waʿā
(lit., to retain something in a container) to retain, hoard, hide inside, preserve attentively.
Definition
- 1وَعَىwaʿāto retain7
Total uses in the Qur’an: 7
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
وَعَى
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
70:18draft glosses: 2 of 2
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
84:23draft glosses: 4 of 4
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
69:12draft glosses: 6 of 6
فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِن وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ كَذَٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِى دِينِ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ مَّن نَّشَآءُ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِى عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌۭ
So he began [the search] with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it from the bag of his brother. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother within the religion of the king except that Allah willed. We raise in degrees whom We will, but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.
12:76draft glosses: 33 of 33
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed