م س س Root m-s-s in the Qur’an 61 occurrences in 57 verses

Words from this root

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

مَسَّ 56 times

• 2:80 · Al-Baqarahتَمَسَّنَا will touch usAnd they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allah? For Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"
• 2:214 · Al-Baqarahمَّسَّتْهُمُ Touched themOr do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.
• 2:236 · Al-Baqarahتَمَسُّوهُنَّ you have touchedThere is no blame upon you if you divorce women you have not touched nor specified for them an obligation. But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good.
• 2:237 · Al-Baqarahتَمَسُّوهُنَّ you (have) touched themAnd if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allah, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
• 3:24 · Ali 'Imranتَمَسَّنَا will touch usThat is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.
• 3:47 · Ali 'Imranيَمْسَسْنِى touch(ed) meShe said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.
• 3:120 · Ali 'Imranتَمْسَسْكُمْ touches youIf good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.
• 3:140 · Ali 'Imranيَمْسَسْكُمْ touched youIf a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allah does not like the wrongdoers -
• 3:140 · Ali 'Imranمَسَّ (has) touchedIf a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allah does not like the wrongdoers -
• 3:174 · Ali 'Imranيَمْسَسْهُمْ touched themSo they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 5:73 · Al-Ma'idahلَيَمَسَّنَّ surely will afflictThey have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.
• 6:17 · Al-An'amيَمْسَسْكَ touches youAnd if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent.
• 6:17 · Al-An'amيَمْسَسْكَ He touches youAnd if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent.
• 6:49 · Al-An'amيَمَسُّهُمُ will touch themBut those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.
• 7:73 · Al-A'rafتَمَسُّوهَا touch herAnd to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah 's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
• 7:95 · Al-A'rafمَسَّ (had) touchedThen We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
• 7:188 · Al-A'rafمَسَّنِىَ (could) have touched meSay, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allah has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."
• 7:201 · Al-A'rafمَسَّهُمْ touches themIndeed, those who fear Allah - when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember [Him] and at once they have insight.
• 8:68 · Al-Anfalلَمَسَّكُمْ surely (would) have touched youIf not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
• 10:12 · Yunusمَسَّ touchesAnd when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing
• 10:12 · Yunusمَّسَّهُۥ ۚ (that) touched himAnd when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing
• 10:21 · Yunusمَسَّتْهُمْ has touched themAnd when We give the people a taste of mercy after adversity has touched them, at once they conspire against Our verses. Say, "Allah is swifter in strategy." Indeed, Our messengers record that which you conspire
• 10:107 · Yunusيَمْسَسْكَ Allah touches youAnd if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him; and if He intends for you good, then there is no repeller of His bounty. He causes it to reach whom He wills of His servants. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful
• 11:10 · Hudمَسَّتْهُ (has) touched himBut if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -
• 11:48 · Hudيَمَسُّهُم will touch themIt was said, "O Noah, disembark in security from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations [descending] from those with you. But other nations [of them] We will grant enjoyment; then there will touch them from Us a painful punishment."
• 11:64 · Hudتَمَسُّوهَا touch herAnd O my people, this is the she-camel of Allah - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allah 's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."
• 11:113 · Hudفَتَمَسَّكُمُ lest touches youAnd do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allah any protectors; then you would not be helped.
• 12:88 · Yusufمَسَّنَا Has touched usSo when they entered upon Joseph, they said, "O 'Azeez, adversity has touched us and our family, and we have come with goods poor in quality, but give us full measure and be charitable to us. Indeed, Allah rewards the charitable."
• 15:48 · Al-Hijrيَمَسُّهُمْ will touch themNo fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
• 15:54 · Al-Hijrمَّسَّنِىَ has overtaken meHe said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

Also in 26 more places: 16:53, 17:67, 17:83, 19:20, 19:45, 21:46, 21:83, 24:14, 24:35, 26:156, 30:33, 33:49, 35:35, 35:35, 36:18, 38:41, 39:8, 39:49, 39:61, 41:49, 41:50, 41:51, 50:38, 56:79, 70:20, 70:21

مَسّ 2 times

• 2:275 · Al-Baqarahٱلْمَسِّ ۚ (his) touchThose who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah. But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
• 54:48 · Al-Qamarمَسَّ (the) touchThe Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."

يَتَماسَّ 2 times

• 58:3 · Al-Mujadilaيَتَمَآسَّا ۚ they touch each otherAnd those who pronounce thihar from their wives and then [wish to] go back on what they said - then [there must be] the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. That is what you are admonished thereby; and Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
• 58:4 · Al-Mujadilaيَتَمَآسَّا ۖ they both touch each otherAnd he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable - then the feeding of sixty poor persons. That is for you to believe [completely] in Allah and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allah. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

مِساس 1 time

• 20:97 · Ta-Haمِسَاسَ ۖ touch[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it into the sea with a blast.

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.