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verb
عَتَ
Rootع ت و
English Translationto be insolent, to exceed, to rebell
Frequency5
FormI
Surah At-Talaq (65:8) Quran.com
وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment. (Sahih International)
Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:44) Quran.com
فَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Araf (7:166) Quran.com
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Araf (7:77) Quran.com
فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Furqan (25:21) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. عَتَ was only mentioned 5 times in the Quran. لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْا عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence. (Sahih International)