ق ص ص Root q-ṣ-ṣ in the Qur’an 30 occurrences in 25 verses

Words from this root

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

قَصَّ 20 times

• 4:164 · An-Nisaقَصَصْنَـٰهُمْ We (have) mentioned themAnd [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.
• 4:164 · An-Nisaنَقْصُصْهُمْ We (have) mentioned themAnd [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.
• 6:57 · Al-An'amيَقُصُّ He relatesSay, "Indeed, I am on clear evidence from my Lord, and you have denied it. I do not have that for which you are impatient. The decision is only for Allah. He relates the truth, and He is the best of deciders."
• 6:130 · Al-An'amيَقُصُّونَ relating"O company of jinn and mankind, did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "We bear witness against ourselves"; and the worldly life had deluded them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
• 7:7 · Al-A'rafفَلَنَقُصَّنَّ Then surely We will narrateThen We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.
• 7:35 · Al-A'rafيَقُصُّونَ relatingO children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 7:101 · Al-A'rafنَقُصُّ We relateThose cities - We relate to you, [O Muhammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allah seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.
• 7:176 · Al-A'rafفَٱقْصُصِ So relateAnd if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.
• 11:100 · Hudنَقُصُّهُۥ (which) We relateThat is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].
• 11:120 · Hudنَّقُصُّ We relateAnd each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.
• 12:3 · Yusufنَقُصُّ relateWe relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.
• 12:5 · Yusufتَقْصُصْ relateHe said, "O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers or they will contrive against you a plan. Indeed Satan, to man, is a manifest enemy.
• 16:118 · An-Nahlقَصَصْنَا We relatedAnd to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.
• 18:13 · Al-Kahfنَقُصُّ narrateIt is We who relate to you, [O Muhammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
• 20:99 · Ta-Haنَقُصُّ We relateThus, [O Muhammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us the Qur'an.
• 27:76 · An-Namlيَقُصُّ relatesIndeed, this Qur'an relates to the Children of Israel most of that over which they disagree.
• 28:11 · Al-Qasasقُصِّيهِ ۖ Follow himAnd she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.
• 28:25 · Al-Qasasوَقَصَّ and narratedThen one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."
• 40:78 · Ghafirقَصَصْنَا We have relatedAnd We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allah. So when the command of Allah comes, it will be concluded in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].
• 40:78 · Ghafirنَقْصُصْ We have relatedAnd We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allah. So when the command of Allah comes, it will be concluded in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].

قَصَص 6 times

• 3:62 · Ali 'Imranٱلْقَصَصُ the narration Indeed, this is the true narration. And there is no deity except Allah. And indeed, Allah is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
• 7:176 · Al-A'rafٱلْقَصَصَ the storyAnd if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.
• 12:3 · Yusufٱلْقَصَصِ of the narrationsWe relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.
• 12:111 · Yusufقَصَصِهِمْ their storiesThere was certainly in their stories a lesson for those of understanding. Never was the Qur'an a narration invented, but a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of all things and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
• 18:64 · Al-Kahfقَصَصًۭا retracing[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.
• 28:25 · Al-Qasasٱلْقَصَصَ the storyThen one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."

قِصاص 4 times

• 2:178 · Al-Baqarahٱلْقِصَاصُ (is) the legal retributionO you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.
• 2:179 · Al-Baqarahٱلْقِصَاصِ the legal retributionAnd there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.
• 2:194 · Al-Baqarahقِصَاصٌۭ ۚ (is) legal retribution[Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.
• 5:45 · Al-Ma'idahقِصَاصٌۭ ۚ (is) retributionAnd We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

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.