ي أ س Root y-ʾ-s in the Qur’an 13 occurrences in 11 verses

Words from this root

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

يَئِسَ 8 times

• 5:3 · Al-Ma'idahيَئِسَ (have) despairedProhibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 12:87 · Yusufتَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ despairO my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allah. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."
• 12:87 · Yusufيَا۟يْـَٔسُ despairsO my sons, go and find out about Joseph and his brother and despair not of relief from Allah. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."
• 13:31 · Ar-Ra'dيَا۟يْـَٔسِ knowAnd if there was any qur'an by which the mountains would be removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would be made to speak, [it would be this Qur'an], but to Allah belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not accepted that had Allah willed, He would have guided the people, all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will descend near their home - until there comes the promise of Allah. Indeed, Allah does not fail in [His] promise.
• 29:23 · Al-'Ankabutيَئِسُوا۟ (have) despairedAnd the ones who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and the meeting with Him - those have despaired of My mercy, and they will have a painful punishment.
• 60:13 · Al-Mumtahanahيَئِسُوا۟ they despairO you who have believed, do not make allies of a people with whom Allah has become angry. They have despaired of [reward in] the Hereafter just as the disbelievers have despaired of [meeting] the inhabitants of the graves.
• 60:13 · Al-Mumtahanahيَئِسَ despairO you who have believed, do not make allies of a people with whom Allah has become angry. They have despaired of [reward in] the Hereafter just as the disbelievers have despaired of [meeting] the inhabitants of the graves.
• 65:4 · At-Talaqيَئِسْنَ have despairedAnd those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated. And for those who are pregnant, their term is until they give birth. And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him of his matter ease.

يَئُوس 3 times

• 11:9 · Hudلَيَـُٔوسٌۭ (is) despairingAnd if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.
• 17:83 · Al-Israيَـُٔوسًۭا (in) despairAnd when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.
• 41:49 · Fussilatفَيَـُٔوسٌۭ then he gives up hopeMan is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

اسْتَيْأَسَ 2 times

• 12:80 · Yusufٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ they despairedSo when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allah and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allah decides for me, and He is the best of judges.
• 12:110 · Yusufٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ gave up hope[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.

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.