# Ha-Sin-Ra — حسر (Hsr)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To get tired/fatigued/jaded, fall short. To remove/put off/take off/strip off something, to peel, to sweep, to sink and disappear, to be low or retired, to be weary, to be dim or dull, express grief or sorrow or regret, to despise someone, to annoy or vex someone, drive someone away, cause someone to experience or fall into grief or regret, to moult or shed feathers (birds), to fall or fall off due to fatigue, to uncover something, to be removed or cleared away.
- **Derived forms:** حَسْرَة (8) · حَسْرَتَىٰ (1) · حَسِير (1) · مَّحْسُور (1) · يَسْتَحْسِرُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 167

- **Form in this verse:** حَسَرَٰتٍ — ḥasarātin · "(as) regrets"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّؤُ۫ا مِنَّاۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُر۪يهِمُ اللّٰهُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ حَسَرَاتٍ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَمَا هُمْ بِخَارِج۪ينَ مِنَ النَّارِ۟

Waqala allatheena ittabaAAoolaw anna lana karratan fanatabarraa minhum kamatabarraoo minna kathalika yureehimu AllahuaAAmalahum hasaratin AAalayhim wamahum bikharijeena mina annar

And those who followed will say: “Were we to return, we would disown them just as they have disowned us,”[...]. Thus will God show them their deeds as regrets for them; and they will not come out of the Fire.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-167.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 156

- **Form in this verse:** حَسْرَةًۭ — ḥasratan · "a regret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَقَالُوا لِاِخْوَانِهِمْ اِذَا ضَرَبُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ اَوْ كَانُوا غُزًّى لَوْ كَانُوا عِنْدَنَا مَا مَاتُوا وَمَا قُتِلُواۚ لِيَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola takoonoo kallatheena kafaroo waqalooli-ikhwanihim itha daraboo fee al-ardiaw kanoo ghuzzan law kanoo AAindana mamatoo wama qutiloo liyajAAala Allahu thalikahasratan fee quloobihim wallahu yuhyeewayumeetu wallahu bima taAAmaloona baseer

O you who heed warning: be not like those who ignore warning, and say of their brothers when they travel in the earth or are on an expedition: “Had they been with us, they would not have died or been killed,” that God might make that a sorrow in their hearts; for God gives life, and gives death; and God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-156.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** يَـٰحَسْرَتَنَا — yāḥasratanā · "Oh! Our regret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَٓاءِ اللّٰهِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُوا يَا حَسْرَتَنَا عَلٰى مَا فَرَّطْنَا ف۪يهَاۙ وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ اَوْزَارَهُمْ عَلٰى ظُهُورِهِمْۜ  اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ

Qad khasira allatheena kaththaboobiliqa-i Allahi hatta itha jaat-humuassaAAatu baghtatan qaloo ya hasratanaAAala ma farratna feeha wahumyahmiloona awzarahum AAala thuhoorihimala saa ma yaziroon

They have lost who deny the meeting with God; when the Hour has come upon them unexpectedly, they will say: “O our regret over what we neglected concerning it!” And they will bear their burdens upon their backs; in truth, evil is what they will bear.

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

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** حَسْرَةًۭ — ḥasratan · "a regret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ فَسَيُنْفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ يُحْشَرُونَۙ

Inna allatheena kafaroo yunfiqoonaamwalahum liyasuddoo AAan sabeeli Allahifasayunfiqoonaha thumma takoonu AAalayhim hasratanthumma yughlaboona wallatheena kafaroo ilajahannama yuhsharoon

Those who ignore warning spend their wealth on turning away from the path of God. So will they spend it; then will it become a sorrow for them; then will they be defeated, and those who ignore warning will be gathered into Gehenna,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-36.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** مَّحْسُورًا — maḥsūran · "insolvent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً اِلٰى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوماً مَحْسُوراً

Wala tajAAal yadaka maghloolatan ilaAAunuqika wala tabsutha kulla albastifataqAAuda malooman mahsoora

And make thou not thy hand chained to thy neck; nor extend thou it to its full extent, then sit down blameworthy and denuded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-29.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَسْرَةِ — l-ḥasrati · "(of) the Regret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَاَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ اِذْ قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُۚ وَهُمْ ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Waanthirhum yawma alhasrati ithqudiya al-amru wahum fee ghaflatin wahum layu/minoon

And warn thou them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; but they are in heedlessness, and they do not believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-39.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ — yastaḥsirūna · "they tire"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِه۪ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَۚ

Walahu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi waman AAindahu la yastakbiroonaAAan AAibadatihi wala yastahsiroon

And to Him belongs whoso is in the heavens and the earth; and those in His presence are not too proud for His service, nor do they grow weary,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-19.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** حَسَرَٰتٍ ۚ — ḥasarātin · "(in) regrets"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

اَفَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُٓوءُ عَمَلِه۪ فَرَاٰهُ حَسَناًۜ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۘ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَاتٍۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Afaman zuyyina lahu soo-o AAamalihi faraahuhasanan fa-inna Allaha yudillu man yashaowayahdee man yashao fala tathhab nafsukaAAalayhim hasaratin inna Allaha AAaleemunbima yasnaAAoon

Is then he to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair to him so he sees it as good[...]? And God leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills; so let not thy soul go out to them in regrets; God knows what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-8.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** يَـٰحَسْرَةً — yāḥasratan · "Alas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِۚ مَا يَأْت۪يهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ اِلَّا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Ya hasratan AAalaalAAibadi ma ya/teehim min rasoolin illa kanoobihi yastahzi-oon

Oh, the sorrow for the servants! There came not to them a messenger save they mocked him.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-30.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** يَـٰحَسْرَتَىٰ — yāḥasratā · "Oh! My regret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

اَنْ تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتٰى عَلٰى مَا فَرَّطْتُ ف۪ي جَنْبِ اللّٰهِ وَاِنْ كُنْتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِر۪ينَۙ

An taqoola nafsun ya hasrataAAala ma farrattu fee janbi Allahiwa-in kuntu lamina assakhireen

Lest a soul say: “Oh, my regret over what I neglected in what was due to God, and was of those who deride!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-56.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** حَسِيرٌۭ — ḥasīrun · "(is) fatigued"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ اِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئاً وَهُوَ حَس۪يرٌ

Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayniyanqalib ilayka albasaru khasi-an wahuwa haseer

Then return thou thy vision again and again! Thy sight will return to thee humbled and weary.

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

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** لَحَسْرَةٌ — laḥasratun · "(is) surely a regret"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْـكَافِر۪ينَ

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

And it will be a sorrow to the false claimers of guidance;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-50.md_

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