متق

The derived from the active participle اِتَّقَى (ittaqā, “to fear”), from the root و ق ي (w-q-y); compare وَقَى (waqā, “to protect”).

مُتَّقٍ • (muttaqin) (informal مُتَّقِي (muttaqī), feminine مُتَّقِيَة (muttaqiya), masculine plural مُتَّقُونَ (muttaqūna), feminine plural مُتَّقِيَات (muttaqiyāt))

1. active participle of اِتَّقَى (ittaqā)
2. God-fearing, pious
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:28:

     أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ

     ʔam najʕalu llaḏīna ʔāmanū wa-ʕamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti ka-l-mufsidīna fī l-ʔarḍi ʔam najʕalu l-muttaqīna ka-l-fujjāri

     Or should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?