# Ayn-Sad-Ra — عصر (ESr)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to press/squeeze/wring, withdraw a thing from. i'sar - whirlwind, violent wind heavy rain, hurricane. mu'sirat - clouds emitting rain, rain clouds. asr - age, time, afternoon, history, succession of ages, evening, century, epoch, time that is measurable, consisting of a succession of periods, in distinction from dahr (Dal-ha-Ra) which signifies unlimited time without beginning or end. asran - night and the day, morning and evening.
- **Derived forms:** إِعْصَار (1) · عَصْر (1) · مُعْصِرَٰت (1) · يَعْصِرُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 266

- **Form in this verse:** إِعْصَارٌۭ — iʿ'ṣārun · "whirlwind"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · noun-verb · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ لَهُ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَٓاءُۖ فَاَصَابَهَٓا اِعْصَارٌ ف۪يهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahujannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu lahu feeha min kulli aththamaratiwaasabahu alkibaru walahu thurriyyatun duAAafaofaasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun fahtaraqatkathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayatilaAAallakum tatafakkaroon

Would one of you wish to have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, beneath which rivers flow, he having every fruit therein?[...]. And old age befell him, and he had weak progeny, and a cyclone wherein was fire befell it, and it was burned up. Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might give thought.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-266.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** أَعْصِرُ — aʿṣiru · "pressing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِۜ قَالَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَعْصِرُ خَمْراًۚ وَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْس۪ي خُبْزاً تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُۜ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْو۪يلِه۪ۚ اِنَّا نَرٰيكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wadakhala maAAahu assijna fatayaniqala ahaduhuma innee aranee aAAsirukhamran waqala al-akharu innee aranee ahmilufawqa ra/see khubzan ta/kulu attayru minhu nabbi/nabita/weelihi inna naraka mina almuhsineen

And two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said: “I dreamed that I was pressing wine.” And the other said: “I dreamed that I was bearing upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating — inform thou us of the interpretation; we see thou art among the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-36.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْصِرُونَ — yaʿṣirūna · "they will press"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ثُمَّ يَأْت۪ي مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ عَامٌ ف۪يهِ يُغَاثُ النَّاسُ وَف۪يهِ يَعْصِرُونَ۟

Thumma ya/tee min baAAdi thalika AAamunfeehi yughathu annasu wafeehi yaAAsiroon

“Then after that will come a year wherein men will be given abundant rain and wherein they will press.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-49.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُعْصِرَٰتِ — l-muʿ'ṣirāti · "the rain clouds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَٓاءً ثَجَّاجاًۙ

Waanzalna mina almuAAsiratimaan thajjaja

And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-14.md_

### 103. Surah Al-'Asr, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْعَصْرِ — wal-ʿaṣri · "By the time"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالْعَصْرِۙ

WalAAasr

By the span of time!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-asr/verse-1.md_

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