اتقى

Compare وَقَى (waqā, “to guard”).

اِتَّقَى • (ittaqā) VIII (non-past يَتَّقِي (yattaqī), verbal noun اِتِّقَاء (ittiqāʔ) or تُقَاة (tuqāh) or تُقْيَة (tuqya))

1. (transitive) to guard oneself against
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:212:

     زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٱ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

     zuyyina lillaḏīna kafarū l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wayasḵarūna mina llaḏīna ʔāmanū wāllaḏīna ttaqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmati wal-lāhu yarzuqu man yašāʔu biḡayri ḥisābin

     Beautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who fear are above them on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah begifts whom He wills without account.

• تَقْوَى (taqwā)

• Mace, John (2007) “اتقى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN