# Elif-Sin-Vav — اسو (Asw)

> Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To imitate any one. uswah - model, imitation, relief, consolation, pattern, example worthy of imitation.
- **Derived forms:** أُسْوَة (3) · تَأْسَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** تَأْسَ — tasa · "grieve"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ فَاِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ اَرْبَع۪ينَ سَنَةًۚ يَت۪يهُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ۟

Qala fa-innaha muharramatunAAalayhim arbaAAeena sanatan yateehoona fee al-ardi falata/sa AAala alqawmi alfasiqeen

He said: “Then shall it be forbidden them forty years; they shall wander in the earth; and grieve thou not over the perfidious people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-26.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** تَأْسَ — tasa · "grieve"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قُلْ يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَسْتُمْ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ حَتّٰى تُق۪يمُوا التَّوْرٰيةَ وَالْاِنْج۪يلَ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْۜ وَلَيَز۪يدَنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۚ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Qul ya ahla alkitabi lastumAAala shay-in hatta tuqeemoo attawratawal-injeela wama onzila ilaykum min rabbikumwalayazeedanna katheeran minhum ma onzila ilayka minrabbika tughyanan wakufran fala ta/sa AAalaalqawmi alkafireen

Say thou: “O doctors of the Law: you have nothing to stand upon until you uphold the Torah and the Gospel and what was sent down to you from your Lord.” And there increases many of them in inordinacy and denial what was sent down to thee from thy Lord; so grieve thou not over the people of the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-68.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** ءَاسَىٰ — āsā · "I grieve"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

فَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ اَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبّ۪ي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْۚ فَكَيْفَ اٰسٰى عَلٰى قَوْمٍ كَافِر۪ينَ۟

Fatawalla AAanhum waqala yaqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalati rabbee wanasahtulakum fakayfa asa AAala qawmin kafireen

Then he turned from them and said: “O my people: I had conveyed to you the messages of my Lord, and been a sincere counsellor to you; so how should I grieve for a people of false claimers of guidance?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-93.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** أُسْوَةٌ — us'watun · "an excellent example"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ ف۪ي رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا اللّٰهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللّٰهَ كَث۪يراًۜ

Laqad kana lakum fee rasooli Allahioswatun hasanatun liman kana yarjoo Allahawalyawma al-akhira wathakara Allahakatheera

You have had in the messenger of God a good model for him who looks to God and the Last Day and remembers God much.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-21.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** تَأْسَوْا۟ — tasaw · "grieve"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لِكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍۙ

Likayla ta/saw AAala mafatakum wala tafrahoo bima atakumwallahu la yuhibbu kulla mukhtalinfakhoor

That you grieve not over what eludes you, nor exult at what comes to you; and God loves not every conceited boaster:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-23.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** أُسْوَةٌ — us'watun · "an example"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ ف۪ٓي اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُۚ اِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ اِنَّا بُرَءٰٓؤُ۬ا مِنْكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۘ   كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءُ اَبَداً حَتّٰى تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَحْدَهُٓ اِلَّا قَوْلَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لِاَب۪يهِ لَاَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَٓا اَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ رَبَّـنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَاِلَيْكَ اَنَبْنَا وَاِلَيْكَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Qad kanat lakum oswatun hasanatunfee ibraheema wallatheena maAAahu ithqaloo liqawmihim inna buraao minkum wamimmataAAbudoona min dooni Allahi kafarna bikum wabadabaynana wabaynakumu alAAadawatu walbaghdaoabadan hatta tu/minoo billahi wahdahuilla qawla ibraheema li-abeehi laastaghfiranna lakawama amliku laka mina Allahi min shay-in rabbanaAAalayka tawakkalna wa-ilayka anabna wa-ilayka almaseer

There was for you a good model in Abraham and those with him when they said to their people: “We are quit of you and what you serve besides God. We deny you, and become clear between us and you are enmity and hatred forever until you believe in God alone,” — save the saying of Abraham to his father: “I will ask forgiveness for thee, but I have no power for thee against God.” — “Our Lord: in Thee we place our trust; and to Thee have we turned; and to Thee is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-4.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** أُسْوَةٌ — us'watun · "an example"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ  كَانَ لَـكُمْ ف۪يهِمْ اُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا اللّٰهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْاٰخِرَۜ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَم۪يدُ۟

Laqad kana lakum feehim oswatun hasanatunliman kana yarjoo Allaha walyawma al-akhirawaman yatawalla fa-inna Allaha huwa alghanniyyu alhameed

There was for you in them a good model for one who hopes for God and the Last Day. And whoso turns away: — God, He is the Free from Need, the Praiseworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-6.md_

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