Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ت

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تَقْوَى أقوى قوى قوي تقو تقوى تقوي , or تَقْوًى, accord. to different readings in the Kur ix. 110, (Bd,) [of which readings the former is the more common,] is originally تَقْيَا, (K,) [or تَقْيًا,] or [rather وَقْيَا, or وَقْيًا, and then] وَقْوَى, of the measure فَعْلَى, from وَقَيْتُ, (ISd, TA,) or, accord. to MF, the right opinion is that it is [وَقْوًى,] of the measure فَعْوَلٌ, (TA,) and is thus transformed in order to make a distinction between the subst. and the epithet such as خَزْيَا and صَدْيَا: (K:) it is a subst. from اِتَّقَى or وَقَى; (Msb, K;) [and signifies Fear; caution; &c.: (see 1:) and particularly reverential, or pious, fear of God: or simply piety: or the preservation, or guarding, of oneself, accord. to some, exceedingly, or extraordinarily, from sin, either of commission or of omission: or the preservation, or guarding, of oneself from punishment in the world to come, and from acts of disobedience, by righteous conduct: or righteousness, virtue, justice, or honesty: (see تَقِىٌّ:) its explanations in relation to religion are many and various, but are all resolvable into fear of God, or of sin; or the preservation, or guarding, of oneself from sin:] and ↓ تَقِيَّةٌ and ↓ تُقَاةٌ are syn. with each other (S) and with تَقْوَي, (Msb,) and are used as inf. ns. of اِتَّقَى: (S:) and ↓ تُقًى [also] is syn. with تَقْوَي; (S;) or it is pl. of ↓ تُقَاةٌ , or a coll. n., (Kzz, IB, Msb,) like as طُلًى is of طُلَاةٌ, (Kzz, IB,) and as رُطَبٌ is of رُطَبَةٌ. (Msb.) وَآتَاهُمْ تَقْوَاهُمْ, in the Kur xlvii. 19, means And hath explained to them, (Bd,) or suggested to them, (Jel, TA,) what they should fear, or that from which they should preserve themselves: (Bd, Jel, TA:) or hath aided them to practise their تَقْوَى: (Bd:) or hath given them the recompense of their تقوى. (Bd, TA.) And هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى, in the Kur lxxiv. last verse, means He is entitled, or worthy, to be feared; or to be reverentially, or piously, feared. (Bd, Jel, K.)