# Ayn-Sin-Ye — عسي (Esy)

> Occurs in 30 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** It is hoped that, maybe, perhaps, it might be, it is possible that, it may well happen soon, hopefully
- **Derived forms:** عَسَى (30)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 216

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَسَىٰٓ — waʿasā · "But perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْـٔاً وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْـٔاً وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalu wahuwakurhun lakum waAAasa an takrahoo shay-an wahuwa khayrunlakum waAAasa an tuhibboo shay-an wahuwa sharrunlakum wallahu yaAAlamu waantum lataAAlamoon

Fighting is prescribed for you, though it be hateful to you. And it may be that you hate a thing and it is good for you; and it may be that you love a thing and it is bad for you. And God knows, and you know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-216.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 216

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَسَىٰٓ — waʿasā · "and perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْـٔاً وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۚ وَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْـٔاً وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalu wahuwakurhun lakum waAAasa an takrahoo shay-an wahuwa khayrunlakum waAAasa an tuhibboo shay-an wahuwa sharrunlakum wallahu yaAAlamu waantum lataAAlamoon

Fighting is prescribed for you, though it be hateful to you. And it may be that you hate a thing and it is good for you; and it may be that you love a thing and it is bad for you. And God knows, and you know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-216.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 246

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَيْتُمْ — ʿasaytum · "you perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الْمَلَأِ مِنْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسٰىۢ اِذْ قَالُوا لِنَبِيٍّ لَهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكاً نُقَاتِلْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ اَلَّا تُقَاتِلُواۜ قَالُوا وَمَا لَـنَٓا اَلَّا نُقَاتِلَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَدْ اُخْرِجْنَا مِنْ دِيَارِنَا وَاَبْنَٓائِنَاۜ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ

Alam tara ila almala-i min banee isra-eelamin baAAdi moosa ith qaloo linabiyyin lahumuibAAath lana malikan nuqatil fee sabeeli Allahiqala hal AAasaytum in kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalualla tuqatiloo qaloo wama lanaalla nuqatila fee sabeeli Allahi waqadokhrijna min diyarina waabna-inafalamma kutiba AAalayhimu alqitalu tawallaw illaqaleelan minhum wallahu AAaleemun biththalimeen

Hast thou not considered the eminent ones of the children of Israel after Moses? When they said to a prophet of theirs: “Raise thou up for us a king; we will fight in the cause of God,” he said: “Would you, if fighting be prescribed for you, not fight?” They said: “And why should we not fight in the cause of God when we have been turned out of our homes, and our children?” But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away save a few of them. And God knows the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-246.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَسَىٰٓ — faʿasā · "then perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَٓاءَ كَرْهاًۜ  وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا بِبَعْضِ مَٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَأْت۪ينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِۚ فَاِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسٰٓى اَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْـٔاً وَيَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ ف۪يهِ خَيْراً كَث۪يراً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola yahillu lakum an tarithoo annisaakarhan wala taAAduloohunna litathhaboobibaAAdi ma ataytumoohunna illa anya/teena bifahishatin mubayyinatin waAAashiroohunnabilmaAAroofi fa-in karihtumoohunna faAAasa antakrahoo shay-an wayajAAala Allahu feehi khayran katheera

O you who heed warning: it is not lawful for you to inherit from women against their will; and neither constrain them that you might take away part of what you gave them save that they commit manifest sexual immorality. And live with them according to what is fitting. And if you dislike them, it may be that you dislike a thing and God makes therein much good.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-19.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَى — ʿasā · "perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَقَاتِلْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۚ لَا تُكَلَّفُ اِلَّا نَفْسَكَ وَحَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۚ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَشَدُّ بَأْساً وَاَشَدُّ تَنْك۪يلاً

Faqatil fee sabeeli Allahi latukallafu illa nafsaka waharridialmu/mineena AAasa Allahu an yakuffa ba/sa allatheenakafaroo wallahu ashaddu ba/san waashaddu tankeela

So fight thou in the cause of God; thou art not charged save with thyself. And rouse thou the believers: it may be that God will restrain the might of those who ignore warning; and God is stronger in might, and stronger in exemplary punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-84.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَى — ʿasā · "may be"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Faola-ika AAasa Allahuan yaAAfuwa AAanhum wakana Allahu AAafuwwan ghafoora

Those: it may be that God will pardon them; and God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-99.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَسَى — faʿasā · "But perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَتَرَى الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يُسَارِعُونَ ف۪يهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشٰٓى اَنْ تُص۪يبَنَا دَٓائِرَةٌۜ  فَعَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِالْفَتْحِ اَوْ اَمْرٍ مِنْ عِنْدِه۪ فَيُصْبِحُوا عَلٰى مَٓا اَسَرُّوا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ نَادِم۪ينَۜ

Fatara allatheena feequloobihim maradun yusariAAoona feehim yaqooloonanakhsha an tuseebana da-iratun faAAasaAllahu an ya/tiya bilfathi aw amrin minAAindihi fayusbihoo AAala ma asarroofee anfusihim nadimeen

And thou seest those in whose hearts is disease competing among them, saying: “We fear lest a reversal befall us.” But it may be that God will bring victory or a command from Him and they will become of what they concealed within their souls, remorseful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-52.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 129

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالُٓوا اُو۫ذ۪ينَا مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَاۜ قَالَ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ۟

Qaloo ootheena minqabli an ta/tiyana wamin baAAdi ma ji/tana qalaAAasa rabbukum an yuhlika AAaduwwakum wayastakhlifakum feeal-ardi fayanthura kayfa taAAmaloon

They said: “We have been hindered before thou camest to us and since thou camest to us.” Said he: “It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy, and make you successors in the earth, so He might see how you will do.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-129.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 185

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَوَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا ف۪ي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍۙ وَاَنْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ اَجَلُهُمْۚ فَبِاَيِّ حَد۪يثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awalam yanthuroo feemalakooti assamawati wal-ardiwama khalaqa Allahu min shay-in waan AAasaan yakoona qadi iqtaraba ajaluhum fabi-ayyi hadeethinbaAAdahu yu/minoon

Have they not considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and what things God has created, and that it may be that their term has drawn nigh? And in what narration after this will they believe?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-185.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَسَىٰٓ — faʿasā · "Then perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَاَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَعَسٰٓى اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَنْ يَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُهْتَد۪ينَ

Innama yaAAmuru masajida Allahiman amana billahi walyawmi al-akhiriwaaqama assalata waataazzakata walam yakhsha illa AllahafaAAasa ola-ika an yakoonoo mina almuhtadeen

He only inhabits the places of worship of God who believes in God and the Last Day, and upholds the duty, and renders the purity, and fears not save God; and it may be that those are of the guided.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-18.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَى — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاٰخَرُونَ اعْتَرَفُوا بِذُنُوبِهِمْ خَلَطُوا عَمَلاً صَالِحاً وَاٰخَرَ سَيِّئاًۜ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Waakharoona iAAtarafoo bithunoobihimkhalatoo AAamalan salihan waakharasayyi-an AAasa Allahu an yatooba AAalayhim inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

And others acknowledged their transgressions: they mixed a righteous deed with another of evil. It may be that God will relent towards them; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-102.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَالَ الَّذِي اشْتَرٰيهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ لِامْرَاَتِه۪ٓ اَكْرِم۪ي مَثْوٰيهُ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَنْفَعَنَٓا اَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَداًۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْاَرْضِۘ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُ مِنْ تَأْو۪يلِ الْاَحَاد۪يثِۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَالِبٌ عَلٰٓى اَمْرِه۪ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Waqala allathee ishtarahumin misra limraatihi akrimee mathwahu AAasaan yanfaAAana aw nattakhithahu waladan wakathalikamakkanna liyoosufa fee al-ardi walinuAAallimahu minta/weeli al-ahadeethi wallahu ghalibunAAala amrihi walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon

And said he who bought him from Egypt, to his wife: “Be thou honourable in his dwelling; it may be that he will benefit us, or we will take him as a son.” And thus did We establish Joseph in the land, and that We might teach him the interpretation of narratives; and God prevails over His affair, but most men understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-21.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَى — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْراًۜ فَصَبْرٌ جَم۪يلٌۜ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَأْتِيَن۪ي بِهِمْ جَم۪يعاًۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Qala bal sawwalat lakum anfusukumamran fasabrun jameelun AAasa Allahu anya/tiyanee bihim jameeAAan innahu huwa alAAaleemu alhakeem

He said: “Nay, your souls have enticed you into a matter. Then: comely patience — it may be that God will bring them to me all together; He is the Knowing, the Wise.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-83.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰ — ʿasā · "(It) may be"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يَرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُمْ عُدْنَاۢ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ حَص۪يراً

AAasa rabbukum an yarhamakumwa-in AAudtum AAudna wajaAAalna jahannama lilkafireenahaseera

It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you; but if you return, We will return; and We have made Gehenna a prison-bed for the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-8.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَوْ خَلْقاً مِمَّا يَكْبُرُ ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَنْ يُع۪يدُنَاۜ قُلِ الَّذ۪ي فَطَرَكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ اِلَيْكَ رُؤُ۫سَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هُوَۜ قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ قَر۪يباً

Aw khalqan mimma yakburu fee sudoorikumfasayaqooloona man yuAAeeduna quli allathee fatarakumawwala marratin fasayunghidoona ilayka ruoosahumwayaqooloona mata huwa qul AAasa an yakoona qareeba

“Or a creation of what is great within your breasts!” And they will say: “Who will bring us back?” Say thou: “He who created you the first time.” Then they will shake their heads at thee and say: “When is it?” Say thou: “It may be that it is near:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-51.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "it may be"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَـتَهَجَّدْ بِه۪ نَافِلَةً لَكَۗ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً

Wamina allayli fatahajjad bihi nafilatanlaka AAasa an yabAAathaka rabbuka maqaman mahmooda

And some of the night, keep thou vigil with it, as an addition for thee; it may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised station.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-79.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۘ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ اِذَا نَس۪يتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبّ۪ي لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَداً

Illa an yashaa Allahuwathkur rabbaka itha naseeta waqul AAasaan yahdiyani rabbee li-aqraba min hatha rashada

Save: “If God wills.” And remember thou thy Lord when thou forgetest, and say thou: “It may be that my Lord will guide me nearer than this in rectitude.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-24.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَسَىٰ — faʿasā · "It may be"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَعَسٰى رَبّ۪ٓي اَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْراً مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَاناً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَع۪يداً زَلَقاًۙ

FaAAasa rabbee an yu/tiyani khayranmin jannatika wayursila AAalayha husbananmina assama-i fatusbiha saAAeedanzalaqa

“It may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, so that it becomes miry ground

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-40.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "May be"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَاَدْعُوا رَبّ۪يۘ عَسٰٓى اَلَّٓا اَكُونَ بِدُعَٓاءِ رَبّ۪ي شَقِياًّ

WaaAAtazilukum wama tadAAoona mindooni Allahi waadAAoo rabbee AAasa allaakoona biduAAa-i rabbee shaqiyya

“And I will withdraw from you and that to which you call besides God, and I will call to my Lord; it may be that I will not in my call to my Lord be wretched.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-48.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذ۪ي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Qul AAasa an yakoona radifa lakumbaAAdu allathee tastaAAjiloon

Say thou: “It may be that close behind you is some of what you would hasten.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-72.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَالَتِ امْرَاَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ ل۪ي وَلَكَۜ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُۗ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَنْفَعَنَٓا اَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَداً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Waqalati imraatu firAAawna qurratuAAaynin lee walaka la taqtuloohu AAasa an yanfaAAanaaw nattakhithahu waladan wahum la yashAAuroon

And the wife of Pharaoh said: “A comfort of the eye for me and for thee! Kill thou him not. It may be that he will benefit us, or we will take him as a son.” And they perceived not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-9.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَٓاءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسٰى رَبّ۪ٓي اَنْ يَهْدِيَن۪ي سَوَٓاءَ السَّب۪يلِ

Walamma tawajjaha tilqaamadyana qala AAasa rabbee an yahdiyanee sawaaassabeel

And when he turned his face towards Madyan, he said: “It may be that my Lord will guide me to the right path.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-22.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَسَىٰٓ — faʿasā · "then perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَمَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَعَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُفْلِح۪ينَ

Faamma man taba waamanawaAAamila salihan faAAasa an yakoona minaalmufliheen

And as for him who repents, and believes, and works righteousness, then it may be that he will be among the successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-67.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَيْتُمْ — ʿasaytum · "you perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ اَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُٓوا اَرْحَامَكُمْ

Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidoofee al-ardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum

And would you, perhaps, if you turned away, work corruption in the land and sever your kinship?

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-22.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْراً مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَٓاءٌ مِنْ نِسَٓاءٍ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهُنَّۚ وَلَا تَلْمِزُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْاَلْقَابِۜ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْا۪يمَانِۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola yaskhar qawmun min qawmin AAasa an yakoonookhayran minhum wala nisaon min nisa-in AAasaan yakunna khayran minhunna wala talmizoo anfusakum walatanabazoo bil-alqabi bi/sa al-ismualfusooqu baAAda al-eemani waman lam yatub faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

O you who heed warning: let not a people deride another people — it may be that they are better than they; neither women other women — it may be that they are better than they; neither speak ill of yourselves, nor insult one another with nicknames. Bad is the name of perfidy after faith. And whoso turns not in repentance, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-11.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰٓ — ʿasā · "perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْراً مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَٓاءٌ مِنْ نِسَٓاءٍ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهُنَّۚ وَلَا تَلْمِزُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْاَلْقَابِۜ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْا۪يمَانِۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola yaskhar qawmun min qawmin AAasa an yakoonookhayran minhum wala nisaon min nisa-in AAasaan yakunna khayran minhunna wala talmizoo anfusakum walatanabazoo bil-alqabi bi/sa al-ismualfusooqu baAAda al-eemani waman lam yatub faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

O you who heed warning: let not a people deride another people — it may be that they are better than they; neither women other women — it may be that they are better than they; neither speak ill of yourselves, nor insult one another with nicknames. Bad is the name of perfidy after faith. And whoso turns not in repentance, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-11.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَى — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذ۪ينَ عَادَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَوَدَّةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ قَد۪يرٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

AAasa Allahu an yajAAalabaynakum wabayna allatheena AAadaytum minhummawaddatan wallahu qadeerun wallahughafoorun raheem

It may be that God will put love between you and those of them with whom you have been enemies; and God is powerful; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-7.md_

### 66. Surah At-Tahrim, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

عَسٰى رَبُّهُٓ اِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ اَنْ يُبْدِلَهُٓ  اَزْوَاجاً خَيْراً مِنْكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ قَانِتَاتٍ تَٓائِبَاتٍ عَابِدَاتٍ سَٓائِحَاتٍ ثَيِّبَاتٍ وَاَبْكَاراً

AAasa rabbuhu in tallaqakunnaan yubdilahu azwajan khayran minkunna muslimatinmu/minatin qanitatin ta-ibatinAAabidatin sa-ihatin thayyibatinwaabkara

It may be that his Lord — if he divorces you — will give him in exchange wives better than you: women submitted, believing, humbly obedient, penitent, serving, journeying, previously married, and virgins.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tahrim/verse-5.md_

### 66. Surah At-Tahrim, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا تُوبُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاًۜ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللّٰهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُۚ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعٰى بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَبِاَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَٓا اَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَاۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanootooboo ila Allahi tawbatan nasoohanAAasa rabbukum an yukaffira AAankum sayyi-atikumwayudkhilakum jannatin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu yawma la yukhzee Allahu annabiyyawallatheena amanoo maAAahu nooruhum yasAAabayna aydeehim wabi-aymanihim yaqooloona rabbanaatmim lana noorana waghfir lanainnaka AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

O you who heed warning: turn to God in sincere repentance. It may be that your Lord will remove from you your evil deeds, and make you enter gardens beneath which rivers flow. The day God will not disgrace the Prophet and those who heed warning with him, their light running before them and on their right hand, they will say: “Our Lord: perfect Thou for us our light, and forgive Thou us; Thou art over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tahrim/verse-8.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** عَسَىٰ — ʿasā · "Perhaps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

عَسٰى رَبُّنَٓا اَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْراً مِنْهَٓا اِنَّٓا اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ

AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon

“It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange better than it; to our Lord do we turn in hope.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-32.md_

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