# Mim-Sin-Kef — مسك (msk)

> Occurs in 27 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To retain, withhold, maintain, be tenacious or niggardly, hold fast a thing, arrest a thing, restrain/detain/confine/imprison a person, restrain or abstain from a thing, grasp/clutch/seize a thing, take a thing with the hand, intelligent or sound in judgement.
- **Derived forms:** إِمْسَاك (1) · أَمْسَكَ (18) · مُسْتَمْسِكُون (1) · مِسْك (1) · مُمْسِك (1) · مُمْسِكَٰت (1) · يُمَسِّكُ (1) · ٱسْتَمْسَكَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 229

- **Form in this verse:** فَإِمْسَاكٌۢ — fa-im'sākun · "Then to retain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · noun-verb · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَلطَّـلَاقُ مَرَّتَانِۖ فَاِمْسَاكٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ تَسْر۪يحٌ بِاِحْسَانٍۜ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ اَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْـٔاً اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَخَافَٓا اَلَّا يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَلَّا يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۙ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا ف۪يمَا افْتَدَتْ بِه۪ۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَاۚ وَمَنْ يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللّٰهِ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Attalaqu marratanifa-imsakun bimaAAroofin aw tasreehun bi-ihsaninwala yahillu lakum an ta/khuthoo mimmaataytumoohunna shay-an illa an yakhafaalla yuqeema hudooda Allahi fa-inkhiftum alla yuqeema hudooda Allahifala junaha AAalayhima feema iftadatbihi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taAAtadoohawaman yataAAadda hudooda Allahi faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

Divorce is twice. Then retaining according to what is fitting, or releasing with good conduct. And it is not lawful for you to take of what you have given women unless they fear that they cannot uphold the limits of God. Then if you fear that they cannot uphold the limits of God, they do no wrong concerning that whereby she ransoms herself. Those are the limits of God, so transgress them not. And whoso transgresses the limits of God, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-229.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 231

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ — fa-amsikūhunna · "then retain them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَاَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍۖ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَاراً لِتَعْتَدُواۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۜ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُواًۘ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ يَعِظُـكُمْ بِه۪ۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-itha tallaqtumu annisaafabalaghna ajalahunna faamsikoohunna bimaAAroofin aw sarrihoohunnabimaAAroofin wala tumsikoohunna diraranlitaAAtadoo waman yafAAal thalika faqad thalamanafsahu wala tattakhithoo ayati Allahihuzuwan wathkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykumwama anzala AAalaykum mina alkitabi walhikmatiyaAAithukum bihi wattaqoo Allaha waAAlamooanna Allaha bikulli shay-in AAaleem

And when you divorce women, and they have reached their term, then retain them according to what is fitting or release them according to what is fitting. And retain them not through harm, to transgress; and whoso does that has wronged himself. And take not the proofs of God in mockery; and remember the favour of God upon you, and what He has sent down to you of the Writ and wisdom whereby He admonishes you. And be in prudent fear of God, and know that God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-231.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 231

- **Form in this verse:** تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ — tum'sikūhunna · "retain them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَبَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَاَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍۖ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَاراً لِتَعْتَدُواۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۜ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُواًۘ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ يَعِظُـكُمْ بِه۪ۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-itha tallaqtumu annisaafabalaghna ajalahunna faamsikoohunna bimaAAroofin aw sarrihoohunnabimaAAroofin wala tumsikoohunna diraranlitaAAtadoo waman yafAAal thalika faqad thalamanafsahu wala tattakhithoo ayati Allahihuzuwan wathkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykumwama anzala AAalaykum mina alkitabi walhikmatiyaAAithukum bihi wattaqoo Allaha waAAlamooanna Allaha bikulli shay-in AAaleem

And when you divorce women, and they have reached their term, then retain them according to what is fitting or release them according to what is fitting. And retain them not through harm, to transgress; and whoso does that has wronged himself. And take not the proofs of God in mockery; and remember the favour of God upon you, and what He has sent down to you of the Writ and wisdom whereby He admonishes you. And be in prudent fear of God, and know that God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-231.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 256

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَمْسَكَ — is'tamsaka · "he grasped"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لَٓا اِكْرَاهَ فِي الدّ۪ينِ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّۚ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰىۗ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

La ikraha fee addeeniqad tabayyana arrushdu mina alghayyi faman yakfur bittaghootiwayu/min billahi faqadi istamsaka bilAAurwatialwuthqa la infisama laha wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

There is no compulsion in doctrine; sound judgment has become clear from error. So whoso denies idols and believes in God, he has grasped the most firm handhold which has no break; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-256.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ — fa-amsikūhunna · "then confine them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَالّٰت۪ي يَأْت۪ينَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مِنْ نِسَٓائِكُمْ فَاسْتَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ اَرْبَعَةً مِنْكُمْۚ فَاِنْ شَهِدُوا فَاَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ حَتّٰى يَتَوَفّٰيهُنَّ الْمَوْتُ اَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللّٰهُ لَهُنَّ سَب۪يلاً

Wallatee ya/teena alfahishatamin nisa-ikum fastashhidoo AAalayhinna arbaAAatanminkum fa-in shahidoo faamsikoohunna fee albuyooti hattayatawaffahunna almawtu aw yajAAala Allahu lahunnasabeela

And those who commit sexual immorality among your women, call to witness against them four from among you; then if they bear witness, confine them to houses until death takes them, or God makes for them another path.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-15.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** أَمْسَكْنَ — amsakna · "they catch"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, feminine, plural · past tense

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَٓا اُحِلَّ لَهُمْۜ قُلْ اُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ الْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّب۪ينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ اللّٰهُۘ فَكُلُوا مِمَّٓا اَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهِۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ  اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِ

Yas-aloonaka matha ohilla lahumqul ohilla lakumu attayyibatu wamaAAallamtum mina aljawarihi mukallibeenatuAAallimoonahunna mimma AAallamakumu Allahufakuloo mimma amsakna AAalaykum wathkurooisma Allahi AAalayhi wattaqoo Allaha innaAllaha sareeAAu alhisab

They ask thee what is made lawful for them. Say thou: “Made lawful for you are good things; and what you have trained of animals of prey as trainers teaching them of what God taught you — eat of what they catch for you, and remember the name of God over it. And be in prudent fear of God; God is swift in reckoning.”

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

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 170

- **Form in this verse:** يُمَسِّكُونَ — yumassikūna · "hold fast"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَۜ اِنَّا لَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُصْلِح۪ينَ

Wallatheena yumassikoona bilkitabiwaaqamoo assalata inna lanudeeAAu ajra almusliheen

And those who hold fast the Writ, and uphold the duty — We cause not to be lost the reward of those who do right.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-170.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** أَيُمْسِكُهُۥ — ayum'sikuhu · "Should he keep it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَتَوَارٰى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُٓوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِه۪ۜ اَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلٰى هُونٍ اَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِۜ اَلَا سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

Yatawara mina alqawmi minsoo-i ma bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu AAala hoonin amyadussuhu fee atturabi ala saa mayahkumoon

He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that whereof he had tidings — whether to hold it in contempt, or bury it in the dust. In truth, evil is what they judge.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-59.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** يُمْسِكُهُنَّ — yum'sikuhunna · "holds them up"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ ف۪ي جَوِّ السَّمَٓاءِۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Alam yaraw ila attayrimusakhkharatin fee jawwi assama-i mayumsikuhunna illa Allahu inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yu/minoon

Have they not considered the birds made subject in the air of the sky? There holds them only God; in that are proofs for people who believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-79.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ — la-amsaktum · "surely you would withhold"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قُلْ لَوْ اَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَٓائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبّ۪ٓي اِذاً لَاَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْاِنْفَاقِۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ قَتُوراً۟

Qul law antum tamlikoona khaza-inarahmati rabbee ithan laamsaktum khashyata al-infaqiwakana al-insanu qatoora

Say thou: “If you possessed the treasuries of the mercy of my Lord, then would you hold them back for fear of spending”; and man is miserly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-100.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُمْسِكُ — wayum'siku · "And He withholds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَالْفُلْكَ تَجْر۪ي فِي الْبَحْرِ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ وَيُمْسِكُ السَّمَٓاءَ اَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha sakhkhara lakumma fee al-ardi walfulka tajree fee albahribi-amrihi wayumsiku assamaa an taqaAAa AAalaal-ardi illa bi-ithnihi inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

Dost thou not see that God made subject for you what is in the earth, and the ships run upon the sea by His command? And He holds back the sky lest it fall upon the earth save by His leave; God is to mankind kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-65.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَمْسَكَ — is'tamsaka · "he has grasped"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ يُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُٓ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰىۜ وَاِلَى اللّٰهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْاُمُورِ

Waman yuslim wajhahu ila Allahiwahuwa muhsinun faqadi istamsaka bilAAurwatialwuthqa wa-ila Allahi AAaqibatual-omoor

And whoso submits his face to God, and is a doer of good, he has grasped the most firm handhold; and to God is the final outcome of matters.

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

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** أَمْسِكْ — amsik · "Keep"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِذْ تَقُولُ لِلَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ اَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ زَوْجَكَ وَاتَّقِ اللّٰهَ وَتُخْف۪ي ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ مَا اللّٰهُ مُبْد۪يهِ وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَۚ وَاللّٰهُ اَحَقُّ اَنْ تَخْشٰيهُۜ فَلَمَّا قَضٰى زَيْدٌ مِنْهَا وَطَراً زَوَّجْنَاكَهَا لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ حَرَجٌ ف۪ٓي اَزْوَاجِ اَدْعِيَٓائِهِمْ اِذَا قَضَوْا مِنْهُنَّ وَطَراًۜ وَكَانَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ مَفْعُولاً

Wa-ith taqoolu lillatheeanAAama Allahu AAalayhi waanAAamta AAalayhi amsik AAalaykazawjaka wattaqi Allaha watukhfee fee nafsika maAllahu mubdeehi watakhsha annasa wallahuahaqqu an takhshahu falamma qadazaydun minha wataran zawwajnakahalikay la yakoona AAala almu/mineena harajunfee azwaji adAAiya-ihim itha qadawminhunna wataran wakana amru Allahi mafAAoola

And when thou saidst to him whom God has favoured, and whom thou hast favoured: “Hold thou thy wife to thee, and be thou in prudent fear of God,” and wast concealing in thyself what God reveals[...]. And thou fearedst men, when God has more right that thou fear Him. Then when Zayd had concluded any need of her, We gave her to thee in marriage, that there be not blame upon the believers concerning the wives of their adopted sons, when they have concluded any need of them. And the command of God is carried out.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-37.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** مُمْسِكَ — mum'sika · "(can) withhold"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · accusative case

مَا يَفْتَحِ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَاۚ وَمَا يُمْسِكْۙ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Ma yaftahi Allahu linnasimin rahmatin fala mumsika laha wamayumsik fala mursila lahu min baAAdihi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

What God opens to men of mercy, none can withhold it; and what He withholds, none can send it after Him; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-2.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** يُمْسِكْ — yum'sik · "He withholds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَا يَفْتَحِ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَاۚ وَمَا يُمْسِكْۙ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Ma yaftahi Allahu linnasimin rahmatin fala mumsika laha wamayumsik fala mursila lahu min baAAdihi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

What God opens to men of mercy, none can withhold it; and what He withholds, none can send it after Him; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-2.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** يُمْسِكُ — yum'siku · "upholds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَٓا اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ  كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Inna Allaha yumsiku assamawatiwal-arda an tazoola wala-in zalatain amsakahuma min ahadin min baAAdihi innahu kanahaleeman ghafoora

God holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him. He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-41.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** أَمْسَكَهُمَا — amsakahumā · "can uphold them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَٓا اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ  كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Inna Allaha yumsiku assamawatiwal-arda an tazoola wala-in zalatain amsakahuma min ahadin min baAAdihi innahu kanahaleeman ghafoora

God holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him. He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-41.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** أَمْسِكْ — amsik · "withhold"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

هٰذَا عَطَٓاؤُ۬نَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Hatha AAataona famnunaw amsik bighayri hisab

“This is Our gift; so grant thou or withhold thou without reckoning!”

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

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** مُمْسِكَـٰتُ — mum'sikātu · "withholders"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۜ قُلْ اَفَرَاَيْتُمْ مَا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ اَرَادَنِيَ اللّٰهُ بِضُرٍّ هَلْ هُنَّ كَاشِفَاتُ ضُرِّه۪ٓ اَوْ اَرَادَن۪ي بِرَحْمَةٍ هَلْ هُنَّ مُمْسِكَاتُ رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُۜ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda layaqoolunna Allahu qul afaraaytumma tadAAoona min dooni Allahi in aradaniyaAllahu bidurrin hal hunna kashifatu durrihiaw aradanee birahmatin hal hunna mumsikaturahmatihi qul hasbiya Allahu AAalayhiyatawakkalu almutawakkiloon

And if thou askest them who created the heavens and the earth, they will say: “God.” Say thou: “Have you considered to what you call other than God? If God wills affliction for me, are they removers of His affliction? Or if He wills mercy for me, are they withholders of His mercy?” Say thou: “God is sufficient for me.” In Him place their trust those who would place their trust aright.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-38.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** فَيُمْسِكُ — fayum'siku · "Then He keeps"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَللّٰهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْاَنْفُسَ ح۪ينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّت۪ي لَمْ تَمُتْ ف۪ي مَنَامِهَاۚ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّت۪ي قَضٰى عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْاُخْرٰٓى اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Allahu yatawaffa al-anfusa heenamawtiha wallatee lam tamut fee manamihafayumsiku allatee qada AAalayha almawta wayursilual-okhra ila ajalin musamman inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

God takes the souls at the time of their death, and that which has not died, in its sleep. Then He keeps that for which He has ordained death, and sends down the other to a stated term. In that are proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-42.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ — mus'tamsikūna · "(are) holding fast"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of istif'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَمْ اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَاباً مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ فَهُمْ بِه۪ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

Am ataynahum kitabanmin qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoon

If We gave them a Writ before it to which they are holding:

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-21.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ — fa-is'tamsik · "So hold fast"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّـذ۪ٓي اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Fastamsik billatheeoohiya ilayka innaka AAala siratinmustaqeem

Hold thou fast that which is revealed to thee; thou art on a straight path.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-43.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** تُمْسِكُوا۟ — tum'sikū · "hold"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا جَٓاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّۜ  اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِا۪يمَانِهِنَّۚ  فَاِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ اِلَى الْكُفَّارِۜ  لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّۜ وَاٰتُوهُمْ مَٓا اَنْفَقُواۜ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ اَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ اِذَٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّۜ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ وَسْـَٔلُوا مَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْـَٔلُوا مَٓا اَنْفَقُواۜ  ذٰلِكُمْ حُكْمُ اللّٰهِۜ  يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha jaakumu almu/minatu muhajiratinfamtahinoohunna Allahu aAAlamu bi-eemanihinnafa-in AAalimtumoohunna mu/minatin falatarjiAAoohunna ila alkuffari la hunna hillunlahum wala hum yahilloona lahunna waatoohumma anfaqoo wala junaha AAalaykum an tankihoohunnaitha ataytumoohunna ojoorahunna walatumsikoo biAAisami alkawafiri was-aloo maanfaqtum walyas-aloo ma anfaqoo thalikum hukmuAllahi yahkumu baynakum wallahuAAaleemun hakeem

O you who heed warning: when the believing women come to you as émigrées: examine them. God best knows their faith. And if you know them to be believing women, then return them not to the atheists. Such women are not lawful for them, and they are not lawful for such women. And give them what they spent. And you do no wrong to marry such women when you give them their rewards. And hold not by tie denying women; and ask for what you have spent, and let them ask for what they have spent. That is the judgment of God; He judges between you; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-10.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ — fa-amsikūhunna · "then retain them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

فَاِذَا بَلَغْنَ اَجَلَهُنَّ فَاَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ اَوْ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَاَشْهِدُوا ذَوَيْ عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ وَاَق۪يمُوا الشَّهَادَةَ لِلّٰهِۜ  ذٰلِكُمْ يُوعَظُ بِه۪ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجاًۙ

Fa-itha balaghna ajalahunnafaamsikoohunna bimaAAroofin aw fariqoohunna bimaAAroofinwaashhidoo thaway AAadlin minkum waaqeemoo ashshahadatalillahi thalikum yooAAathu bihi man kanayu/minu billahi walyawmi al-akhiriwaman yattaqi Allaha yajAAal lahu makhraja

And when they have reached their term, retain them according to what is fitting, or release them according to what is fitting. And call to witness two just men from among you; and uphold the witness for God. By that is admonished he who believes in God and the Last Day; and whoso is in prudent fear of God — He will make for him a way out,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-2.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** يُمْسِكُهُنَّ — yum'sikuhunna · "holds them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٓافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُۜ اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَص۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw ila attayrifawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna mayumsikuhunna illa arrahmanu innahubikulli shay-in baseer

Have they not seen the birds above them with wings outstretched and closing? None holds them but the Almighty. He sees all things.

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

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** أَمْسَكَ — amsaka · "He withheld"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي يَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۚ بَلْ لَجُّوا ف۪ي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor

If: “Who is this?” — “That who will provide for you if He withhold His provision!” — the truth is, they have persisted in scorn and aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-21.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** مِسْكٌۭ ۚ — mis'kun · "(will be of) musk"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَۜ

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalikafalyatanafasi almutanafisoon

Whose seal is musk — and for that let aspire those who aspire —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-26.md_

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