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- Details of instance of uqqitat in verb form II meaning to gather at appointed time
[77:11] And when the messengers have been gathered at an appointed time (wa-idhaa al-rusulu uqqitat).
- Details of instances of meeqaat in noun form meaning appointed time/place
[2:189] They ask you (prophet) about the new moons. Say, “They are appointed times for the people and the Hajj (hiya mawaaqeetu lil’nnasi wal-haji).” And it has not been the righteousness with that you come to the houses from their backs, but the righteousness is whoever has feared (God). And you shall come to the houses from their doors so that you may succeed.
[7:142] And we had appointed time of thirty-night for Moses, and we had completed it adding ten. So, he had completed a set term of his Lord for forty-night (fa-tamma meeqaatu rabbihi ar’ba`eena laylatan), while Moses said to his brother Aaron, “You shall take me in my people and shall do right, and do not follow a way of the corruptors.”
[7:143] And when Moses had come to our appointed place (wa-lammaa jaa-a muusaa li’meeqaatinaa), and his Lord had spoken to him; he said, “My Lord, show me that I may look at You.” He said, “You cannot see Me but look at the mountain, then if it has stayed in its place, then you can see Me.” Then when his Lord had revealed Himself to the mountain, He made it crumbled to dust, and Moses had fallen down unconscious. Then when he had recovered, he said, “Glory is Yours, I have repented to You and I am first of the believers.”
[7:155] And Moses had selected seventy men from his people for our appointed time (wa-ikh’taara muusaa qawmahu sab’`eena rajulan li’meeqaatinaa). Then when the quake had seized them, he said, “My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me as well. Would You destroy us for what has done the foolish among us? This is not except Your test; You let go astray with it whomever You will, and You guide whomever You will. You are our Protector, so forgive for us and have mercy on us, and You are best of the forgiving ones.
[26:38] So, the magicians had been assembled to an appointed time of a day (fa-jumi`a al-saharatu li’meeqaati yawmin).
[44:40] Indeed, a day of the Judgment is an appointed time for them all (inna yawma al-fas’li meeqaatuhum aj’ma`eena).
[56:50] That being gathered to an appointed time of a well-known day (la’maj’muu`uuna ilaa meeqaati yawmin ma`luumin).
[78:17] Indeed, a day of the Judgment has been an appointed time (inna yawma al-fas’li kaana meeqaatan).
- Details of instances of waqt in noun form meaning time
[7:187] They ask you (prophet) about the Hour: when will be its time? Say, “Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None can reveal it of its time except He (laa-ujalleehaa li’waqtihaa illaa huwa). It has been heavy in the heavens and the earth. It will not come to you except all of a sudden.” They ask you (prophet) as if you have knowledge about it. Say, “Its knowledge is only with God, but most of the people do not know.”
[15:38] Until a day of the well-known time (ilaa yawma al-waqti al-ma`luumi).
[38:81] Until a day of the well-known time (ilaa yawma al-waqti al-ma`luumi).
- Details of instance of mawquut in passive participle form meaning specified time
[4:103] Then when you have completed the salat prayer, then you shall remember God at standing, and sitting, and on your sides. Then when you have been secure, then you shall establish the salat prayer (without shortening it). Indeed, the salat prayer has been a decree upon the believers at specified times (inna al-salata kaanat `alaa al-mu’mineena kitaaban mawquutan).
The messages from 13 instances of waqt and its derived forms found in 13 verses of 9 surahs in the Quran that we may better understand the following events: the messengers (angels) will be gathered at an appointed time, the new moons are appointed times for the people and the Hajj, Moses had an appointed time for forty nights to speak to God, Pharaoh’s magicians had assembled at an appointed time of a day, a day of the Judgment is an appointed time for all, while the Satan along with his allies has been respited until this well-known time, none can reveal the time of the Hour except God, which means that none can reveal it without His permission from a hint in 20:15, while prophet had no knowledge about it, and the salat prayer is a decree upon the believers at specified times. This review may be helpful for us to be successful in the Hereafter if we can focus on the appointed time for all.
Peaceful Friday, salaam and God bless.
Tafazzal (7/17/26).