# Ayn-Sad-Vav — عصو (ESw)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To strike with a stick. asiya/ya'sa - to take a stick, come together, collection, accumulation, amazing, gathering, assemblage, congregation. asa - staff, stick, rod, supports, nation, mastery, people, party, tongue, skin, bone. idrib bi asaka al hajer - strike with your staff on the rock, go forth with your people.
- **Derived forms:** عَصَا2 (10) · عِصِيّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** بِّعَصَاكَ — biʿaṣāka · "with your staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاِذِ اسْتَسْقٰى مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۜ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wa-ithi istasqa moosaliqawmihi faqulna idrib biAAasaka alhajarafanfajarat minhu ithnata AAashrata AAaynan qadAAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum kuloo washraboomin rizqi Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

And when Moses sought water for his people; so We said: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock,” then there gushed therefrom twelve springs; each people knew its drinking-place: “Eat and drink of the provision of God, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-60.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاهُ — ʿaṣāhu · "his staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَاَلْقٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُب۪ينٌۚ

Faalqa AAasahu fa-ithahiya thuAAbanun mubeen

So he cast his staff — and then was it a clear serpent!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-107.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاكَ ۖ — ʿaṣāka · "your staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَۚ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Waawhayna ila moosaan alqi AAasaka fa-itha hiya talqafu maya/fikoon

And We instructed Moses: “Cast thou thy staff,” — and then it swallowed up what they falsified!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-117.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 160

- **Form in this verse:** بِّعَصَاكَ — biʿaṣāka · "with your staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ اَسْبَاطاً اُمَماًۜ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اِذِ اسْتَسْقٰيهُ قَوْمُهُٓ اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۚ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ  كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

WaqattaAAnahumu ithnatayAAashrata asbatan omaman waawhayna ilamoosa ithi istasqahu qawmuhu ani idribbiAAasaka alhajara fanbajasat minhu ithnataAAashrata AAaynan qad AAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum wathallalnaAAalayhimu alghamama waanzalna AAalayhimu almannawassalwa kuloo min tayyibati marazaqnakum wama thalamoona walakinkanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And We divided them into twelve tribes as communities. And We instructed Moses when his people sought water of him: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock”; and there gushed therefrom twelve springs — each people knew its drinking-place. And We caused the cloud to overshadow them, and sent down upon them manna and quails: “Eat of the good things that We provided you.” And they wronged Us not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-160.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاىَ — ʿaṣāya · "(is) my staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَۚ اَتَوَكَّـؤُ۬ا عَلَيْهَا وَاَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلٰى غَنَم۪ي وَلِيَ ف۪يهَا مَاٰرِبُ اُخْرٰى

Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkaoAAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanameewaliya feeha maaribu okhra

Said he: “It is my staff. I lean on it, and beat down therewith leaves for my sheep; and I have therefor other uses.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-18.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** وَعِصِيُّهُمْ — waʿiṣiyyuhum · "and their staffs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

قَالَ بَلْ اَلْقُواۚ فَاِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ سِحْرِهِمْ اَنَّهَا تَسْعٰى

Qala bal alqoo fa-itha hibaluhumwaAAisiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min sihrihim annahatasAAa

He said: “Nay, you cast.” And then their ropes and their staffs seemed to him, by their sorcery, to be moving,

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-66.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاهُ — ʿaṣāhu · "his staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَاَلْقٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُب۪ينٌۚ

Faalqa AAasahu fa-ithahiya thuAAbanun mubeen

And he cast his staff, and then it was a clear serpent;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-32.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** وَعِصِيَّهُمْ — waʿiṣiyyahum · "and their staffs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَاَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

Faalqaw hibalahum waAAisiyyahumwaqaloo biAAizzati firAAawna inna lanahnualghaliboon

And they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said: “By the power and glory of Pharaoh are we the victors!”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-44.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاهُ — ʿaṣāhu · "his staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَاَلْقٰى مُوسٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَۚ

Faalqa moosa AAasahufa-itha hiya talqafu ma ya/fikoon

Then Moses cast his staff; and then it swallowed up what they falsified;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-45.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** بِّعَصَاكَ — biʿaṣāka · "with your staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَۜ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ

Faawhayna ila moosaani idrib biAAasaka albahra fanfalaqafakana kullu firqin kattawdi alAAatheem

Then We instructed Moses: “Strike thou the sea with thy staff”; and it parted, and each part was like a great towering mountain.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-63.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاكَ ۚ — ʿaṣāka · "your staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَاَلْقِ عَصَاكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ  كَاَنَّهَا جَٓانٌّ وَلّٰى مُدْبِراً وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْۜ يَا مُوسٰى لَا تَخَفْ اِنّ۪ي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ الْمُرْسَلُونَۗ

Waalqi AAasaka falamma raahatahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiranwalam yuAAaqqib ya moosa la takhaf innee layakhafu ladayya almursaloon

“And cast thou thy staff.” And when he saw it stirring as if it were a dominus, he turned away, and did not return. “O Moses: fear thou not; the emissaries fear not in My presence,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-10.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** عَصَاكَ ۖ — ʿaṣāka · "your staff"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَاَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَاَنَّهَا جَٓانٌّ وَلّٰى مُدْبِراً وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْۜ يَا مُوسٰٓى اَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ۠ اِنَّكَ مِنَ الْاٰمِن۪ينَ

Waan alqi AAasaka falamma raahatahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiranwalam yuAAaqqib ya moosa aqbil wala takhafinnaka mina al-amineen

“And cast thou thy staff.” And when he saw it stirring as if it were a dominus, he turned away and did not return. “O Moses: draw thou nigh, and fear thou not. Thou art of the secure.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-31.md_

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