ع ص و Root ʿ-ṣ-w in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

عَصا 10 times

• 2:60 · Al-Baqarahبِّعَصَاكَ with your staffAnd [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
• 7:107 · Al-A'rafعَصَاهُ his staffSo Moses threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.
• 7:117 · Al-A'rafعَصَاكَ ۖ your staffAnd We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.
• 7:160 · Al-A'rafبِّعَصَاكَ with your staffAnd We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.
• 20:18 · Ta-Haعَصَاىَ (is) my staffHe said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."
• 26:32 · Ash-Shu'araعَصَاهُ his staffSo [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.
• 26:45 · Ash-Shu'araعَصَاهُ his staffThen Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
• 26:63 · Ash-Shu'araبِّعَصَاكَ with your staffThen We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
• 27:10 · An-Namlعَصَاكَ ۚ your staffAnd [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.
• 28:31 · Al-Qasasعَصَاكَ ۖ your staffAnd [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

عِصِيّ 2 times

• 20:66 · Ta-Haوَعِصِيُّهُمْ and their staffsHe said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].
• 26:44 · Ash-Shu'araوَعِصِيَّهُمْ and their staffsSo they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.