# Kef-Sin-Fe — كسف (ksf)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** fragments, pieces, lumps, to shatter, to make into fragments
- **Derived forms:** كِسَف (4) · كِسْف (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** كِسَفًا — kisafan · "(in) pieces"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَٓاءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً اَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ قَب۪يلاًۙ

Aw tusqita assamaa kamazaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw ta/tiya billahiwalmala-ikati qabeela

“Or thou cause the sky to fall — as thou hast claimed — upon us in pieces, or thou bring God and the angels before us face to face,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-92.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 187

- **Form in this verse:** كِسَفًۭا — kisafan · "fragments"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَۜ

Faasqit AAalayna kisafan minaassama-i in kunta mina assadiqeen

“Then cause thou pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if thou be of the truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-187.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** كِسَفًۭا — kisafan · "fragments"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُث۪يرُ سَحَاباً فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ  كِسَفاً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ فَاِذَٓا اَصَابَ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ٓ اِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

Allahu allathee yursilu arriyahafatutheeru sahaban fayabsutuhu fee assama-ikayfa yashao wayajAAaluhu kisafan fatara alwadqayakhruju min khilalihi fa-itha asaba bihiman yashao min AAibadihi itha humyastabshiroon

God is He who sends the winds, that they stir up a cloud, and He spreads it in the sky as He wills; and He makes it pieces and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it; then when He makes it fall on whom He wills of His servants they rejoice

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-48.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** كِسَفًۭا — kisafan · "fragments"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

اَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اِنْ نَشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُن۪يبٍ۟

Afalam yaraw ila ma baynaaydeehim wama khalfahum mina assama-i wal-ardiin nasha/ nakhsif bihimu al-arda aw nusqitAAalayhim kisafan mina assama-i inna fee thalikalaayatan likulli AAabdin muneeb

Do they then not see what is before them, and what following them of the heaven and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause to fall upon them pieces of the sky. In that is a proof for every repentant servant.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-9.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** كِسْفًۭا — kis'fan · "a portion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ سَاقِطاً يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَرْكُومٌ

Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina assama-isaqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoom

And were they to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say: “Clouds heaped up.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-44.md_

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