ك س ب Root k-s-b in the Qur’an 67 occurrences in 60 verses

Words from this root

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

كَسَبَ 62 times

• 2:79 · Al-Baqarahيَكْسِبُونَ they earnSo woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.
• 2:81 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبَ earnedYes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:134 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبَتْ it earnedThat was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.
• 2:134 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبْتُمْ ۖ you have earnedThat was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.
• 2:141 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبَتْ it earnedThat is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.
• 2:141 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبْتُمْ ۖ you have earnedThat is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.
• 2:202 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبُوا۟ ۚ they earnedThose will have a share of what they have earned, and Allah is swift in account.
• 2:225 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبَتْ (have) earnedAllah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 2:264 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبُوا۟ ۗ they (have) earnedO you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allah and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.
• 2:267 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبْتُمْ you have earnedO you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
• 2:281 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبَتْ it earnedAnd fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be treated unjustly.
• 2:286 · Al-Baqarahكَسَبَتْ it earnedAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 3:25 · Ali 'Imranكَسَبَتْ it earnedSo how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
• 3:155 · Ali 'Imranكَسَبُوا۟ ۖ they (had) earnedIndeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allah has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 3:161 · Ali 'Imranكَسَبَتْ it earnedIt is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
• 4:88 · An-Nisaكَسَبُوٓا۟ ۚ they earnedWhat is [the matter] with you [that you are] two groups concerning the hypocrites, while Allah has made them fall back [into error and disbelief] for what they earned. Do you wish to guide those whom Allah has sent astray? And he whom Allah sends astray - never will you find for him a way [of guidance].
• 4:111 · An-Nisaيَكْسِبْ earnsAnd whoever commits a sin only earns it against himself. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:111 · An-Nisaيَكْسِبُهُۥ he earns itAnd whoever commits a sin only earns it against himself. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:112 · An-Nisaيَكْسِبْ earnsBut whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent [person] has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.
• 5:38 · Al-Ma'idahكَسَبَا they earned[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 6:3 · Al-An'amتَكْسِبُونَ you earnAnd He is Allah, [the only deity] in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret and what you make public, and He knows that which you earn.
• 6:70 · Al-An'amكَسَبَتْ it (has) earnedAnd leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.
• 6:70 · Al-An'amكَسَبُوا۟ ۖ they earnedAnd leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.
• 6:120 · Al-An'amيَكْسِبُونَ earnAnd leave what is apparent of sin and what is concealed thereof. Indeed, those who earn [blame for] sin will be recompensed for that which they used to commit.
• 6:129 · Al-An'amيَكْسِبُونَ earnAnd thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
• 6:158 · Al-An'amكَسَبَتْ earnedDo they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."
• 6:164 · Al-An'amتَكْسِبُ earnsSay, "Is it other than Allah I should desire as a lord while He is the Lord of all things? And every soul earns not [blame] except against itself, and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you concerning that over which you used to differ."
• 7:39 · Al-A'rafتَكْسِبُونَ earnAnd the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."
• 7:96 · Al-A'rafيَكْسِبُونَ earnAnd if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."
• 9:82 · At-Tawbahيَكْسِبُونَ earnSo let them laugh a little and [then] weep much as recompense for what they used to earn.

Also in 32 more places: 9:95, 10:8, 10:27, 10:52, 13:33, 13:42, 14:18, 14:51, 15:84, 18:58, 30:41, 31:34, 35:45, 36:65, 39:24, 39:48, 39:50, 39:51, 39:51, 40:17, 40:82, 41:17, 42:22, 42:30, 42:34, 45:10, 45:14, 45:22, 52:21, 74:38, 83:14, 111:2

اكْتَسَبَ 5 times

• 2:286 · Al-Baqarahٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ it earnedAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 4:32 · An-Nisaٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ ۖ they earnedAnd do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing.
• 4:32 · An-Nisaٱكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ they earnedAnd do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing.
• 24:11 · An-Nurٱكْتَسَبَ he earnedIndeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment.
• 33:58 · Al-Ahzabٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ they have earnedAnd those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

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.