ع ص ي Root ʿ-ṣ-y in the Qur’an 32 occurrences in 32 verses

Words from this root

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

عَصا 27 times

• 2:61 · Al-Baqarahعَصَوا۟ they disobeyedAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.
• 2:93 · Al-Baqarahوَعَصَيْنَا and we disobeyedAnd [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."
• 3:112 · Ali 'Imranعَصَوا۟ they disobeyedThey have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the Muslims. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allah and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in the verses of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.
• 3:152 · Ali 'Imranوَعَصَيْتُم and you disobeyedAnd Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then he turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allah is the possessor of bounty for the believers.
• 4:14 · An-Nisaيَعْصِ disobeysAnd whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits - He will put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.
• 4:42 · An-Nisaوَعَصَوُا۟ and disobeyedThat Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allah a [single] statement.
• 4:46 · An-Nisaوَعَصَيْنَا and we disobey[ed]Among the Jews are those who distort words from their [proper] usages and say, "We hear and disobey" and "Hear but be not heard" and "Ra'ina," twisting their tongues and defaming the religion. And if they had said [instead], "We hear and obey" and "Wait for us [to understand]," it would have been better for them and more suitable. But Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.
• 5:78 · Al-Ma'idahعَصَوا۟ they disobeyedCursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.
• 6:15 · Al-An'amعَصَيْتُ I disobeyedSay, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
• 10:15 · Yunusعَصَيْتُ I were to disobeyAnd when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Bring us a Qur'an other than this or change it." Say, [O Muhammad], "It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
• 10:91 · Yunusعَصَيْتَ you (had) disobeyedNow? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters?
• 11:59 · Hudوَعَصَوْا۟ and disobeyedAnd that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.
• 11:63 · Hudعَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖ I (were to) disobey HimHe said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.
• 14:36 · Ibrahimعَصَانِى disobeys meMy Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is of me; and whoever disobeys me - indeed, You are [yet] Forgiving and Merciful.
• 18:69 · Al-Kahfأَعْصِى I will disobey[Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."
• 20:93 · Ta-Haأَفَعَصَيْتَ Then, have you disobeyedFrom following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"
• 20:121 · Ta-Haوَعَصَىٰٓ And Adam disobeyedAnd Adam and his wife ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.
• 26:216 · Ash-Shu'araعَصَوْكَ they disobey youAnd if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing."
• 33:36 · Al-Ahzabيَعْصِ disobeysIt is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.
• 39:13 · Az-Zumarعَصَيْتُ I disobeySay, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
• 60:12 · Al-Mumtahanahيَعْصِينَكَ they will disobey youO Prophet, when the believing women come to you pledging to you that they will not associate anything with Allah, nor will they steal, nor will they commit unlawful sexual intercourse, nor will they kill their children, nor will they bring forth a slander they have invented between their arms and legs, nor will they disobey you in what is right - then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for them of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 66:6 · At-Tahrimيَعْصُونَ they disobeyO you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.
• 69:10 · Al-Haqqahفَعَصَوْا۟ And they disobeyedAnd they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
• 71:21 · Nuhعَصَوْنِى disobeyed meNoah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
• 72:23 · Al-Jinnيَعْصِ disobeysBut [I have for you] only notification from Allah, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
• 73:16 · Al-Muzzammilفَعَصَىٰ But disobeyedBut Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
• 79:21 · An-Nazi'atوَعَصَىٰ and disobeyedBut Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

عَصِيّ 2 times

• 19:14 · Maryamعَصِيًّۭا disobedientAnd dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.
• 19:44 · Maryamعَصِيًّۭا disobedientO my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

مَعْصِيَت 2 times

• 58:8 · Al-Mujadilaوَمَعْصِيَتِ and disobedienceHave you not considered those who were forbidden from private conversation, then they return to that which they were forbidden and converse among themselves about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you, they greet you with that [word] by which Allah does not greet you and say among themselves, "Why does Allah not punish us for what we say?" Sufficient for them is Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the destination.
• 58:9 · Al-Mujadilaوَمَعْصِيَتِ and disobedienceO you who have believed, when you converse privately, do not converse about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger but converse about righteousness and piety. And fear Allah, to whom you will be gathered.

عِصْيان 1 time

• 49:7 · Al-Hujuratوَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚ and disobedienceAnd know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

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.