ع س ي Root ʿ-s-y in the Qur’an 30 occurrences in 28 verses

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عَسَى 30 times

• 2:216 · Al-Baqarahوَعَسَىٰٓ But perhapsFighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.
• 2:216 · Al-Baqarahوَعَسَىٰٓ and perhapsFighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.
• 2:246 · Al-Baqarahعَسَيْتُمْ you perhaps Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
• 4:19 · An-Nisaفَعَسَىٰٓ then perhapsO you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.
• 4:84 · An-Nisaعَسَى perhapsSo fight, [O Muhammad], in the cause of Allah; you are not held responsible except for yourself. And encourage the believers [to join you] that perhaps Allah will restrain the [military] might of those who disbelieve. And Allah is greater in might and stronger in [exemplary] punishment.
• 4:99 · An-Nisaعَسَى may beFor those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 5:52 · Al-Ma'idahفَعَسَى But perhapsSo you see those in whose hearts is disease hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allah will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.
• 7:129 · Al-A'rafعَسَىٰ PerhapsThey said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."
• 7:185 · Al-A'rafعَسَىٰٓ perhapsDo they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?
• 9:18 · At-Tawbahفَعَسَىٰٓ Then perhapsThe mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakah and do not fear except Allah, for it is expected that those will be of the [rightly] guided.
• 9:102 · At-Tawbahعَسَى PerhapsAnd [there are] others who have acknowledged their sins. They had mixed a righteous deed with another that was bad. Perhaps Allah will turn to them in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 12:21 · Yusufعَسَىٰٓ PerhapsAnd the one from Egypt who bought him said to his wife, "Make his residence comfortable. Perhaps he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son." And thus, We established Joseph in the land that We might teach him the interpretation of events. And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.
• 12:83 · Yusufعَسَى Perhaps[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allah will bring them to me all together. Indeed it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."
• 17:8 · Al-Israعَسَىٰ (It) may be[Then Allah said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."
• 17:51 · Al-Israعَسَىٰٓ PerhapsOr [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -
• 17:79 · Al-Israعَسَىٰٓ it may beAnd from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.
• 18:24 · Al-Kahfعَسَىٰٓ PerhapsExcept [when adding], "If Allah wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."
• 18:40 · Al-Kahfفَعَسَىٰ It may beIt may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,
• 19:48 · Maryamعَسَىٰٓ May beAnd I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy."
• 27:72 · An-Namlعَسَىٰٓ PerhapsSay, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.
• 28:9 · Al-Qasasعَسَىٰٓ perhapsAnd the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.
• 28:22 · Al-Qasasعَسَىٰ PerhapsAnd when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."
• 28:67 · Al-Qasasفَعَسَىٰٓ then perhapsBut as for one who had repented, believed, and done righteousness, it is promised by Allah that he will be among the successful.
• 47:22 · Muhammadعَسَيْتُمْ you perhapsSo would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?
• 49:11 · Al-Hujuratعَسَىٰٓ perhapsO you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
• 49:11 · Al-Hujuratعَسَىٰٓ perhapsO you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
• 60:7 · Al-Mumtahanah۞ عَسَى PerhapsPerhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allah is competent, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 66:5 · At-Tahrimعَسَىٰ PerhapsPerhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins.
• 66:8 · At-Tahrimعَسَىٰ PerhapsO you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."
• 68:32 · Al-Qalamعَسَىٰ PerhapsPerhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."

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.