# Gayn-Sin-Kaf — غسق (gsq)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** darkness, the night; become obscure, shed tears, poured water; ice-cold darkness, intense coldness; watery/thick purulent matter that flows or drips, dark/murky/cold fluid.
- **Derived forms:** غَاسِق (1) · غَسَّاق (2) · غَسَق (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** غَسَقِ — ghasaqi · "(the) darkness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ اِلٰى غَسَقِ الَّيْلِ وَقُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِۜ اِنَّ قُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُوداً

Aqimi assalatalidulooki ashshamsi ila ghasaqi allayli waqur-anaalfajri inna qur-ana alfajri kana mashhooda

Uphold thou the duty at the merging of the sun until the dark of night, and the recitation of dawn — the recitation of dawn is witnessed —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-78.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** وَغَسَّاقٌۭ — waghassāqun · "and purulence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

هٰذَاۙ فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَم۪يمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌۙ

Hatha falyathooqoohu hameemunwaghassaq

This! So let them taste it: scalding water and purulence,

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-57.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَغَسَّاقًۭا — waghassāqan · "and purulence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِلَّا حَم۪يماً وَغَسَّاقاًۙ

Illa hameeman waghassaqa

Save scalding water and purulence,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-25.md_

### 113. Surah Al-Falaq, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** غَاسِقٍ — ghāsiqin · "(of) darkness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ اِذَا وَقَبَۙ

Wamin sharri ghasiqin ithawaqab

“And from the evil of darkness when it gathers;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-falaq/verse-3.md_

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