# Elif-Sin-Sin — اسس (Ass)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ass

- **Meaning:** To lay foundation
- **Derived forms:** أَسَّسَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** أُسِّسَ — ussisa · "founded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لَا تَقُمْ ف۪يهِ اَبَداًۜ لَمَسْجِدٌ اُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوٰى مِنْ اَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ اَحَقُّ اَنْ تَقُومَ ف۪يهِۜ ف۪يهِ رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ اَنْ يَتَطَهَّرُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّر۪ينَ

La taqum feehi abadan lamasjidunossisa AAala attaqwa min awwali yawmin ahaqquan taqooma feehi feehi rijalun yuhibboona an yatatahharoowallahu yuhibbu almuttahhireen

Stand thou not within it ever. A place of worship founded upon prudent fear from the first day is worthier that thou shouldst stand within it; therein are men who love to purify themselves; and God loves those who purify themselves.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-108.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** أَسَّسَ — assasa · "founded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَفَمَنْ اَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلٰى تَقْوٰى مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ اَمْ مَنْ اَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلٰى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِه۪ ف۪ي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Afaman assasa bunyanahu AAalataqwa mina Allahi waridwanin khayrunam man assasa bunyanahu AAala shafa jurufinharin fanhara bihi fee narijahannama wallahu la yahdee alqawma aththalimeen

Is then he who founded his building on prudent fear of God and His approval better, or he who founded his building on the edge of a collapsing cliff, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Gehenna? And God guides not the wrongdoing people.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-109.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** أَسَّسَ — assasa · "founded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَفَمَنْ اَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلٰى تَقْوٰى مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ اَمْ مَنْ اَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلٰى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِه۪ ف۪ي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Afaman assasa bunyanahu AAalataqwa mina Allahi waridwanin khayrunam man assasa bunyanahu AAala shafa jurufinharin fanhara bihi fee narijahannama wallahu la yahdee alqawma aththalimeen

Is then he who founded his building on prudent fear of God and His approval better, or he who founded his building on the edge of a collapsing cliff, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Gehenna? And God guides not the wrongdoing people.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-109.md_

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