# Kaf-Sad-Ra — قصر (qSr)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** become short, have little or no power, become niggardly, fall short, i.e. not to reach something, left/relinquish/abstain/desist/cease, took from its length, clip/shove, restricted/confined/limited, kept within certain bounds or limits, restrain/withheld, hinder/prevent, contract or draw oneself together, obedient, last part of day. qasr (pl. qusur) - ample and spacious house, castle, palace.
- **Derived forms:** تَقْصُرُ (1) · قَصْر (4) · قَٰصِرَٰت (3) · مُقَصِّرِين (1) · مَّقْصُورَٰت (1) · يُقْصِرُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** تَقْصُرُوا۟ — taqṣurū · "you shorten"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ اَنْ تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلٰوةِۗ اِنْ خِفْتُمْ اَنْ يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ اِنَّ الْكَافِر۪ينَ كَانُوا لَكُمْ عَدُواًّ مُب۪يناً

Wa-itha darabtum fee al-ardifalaysa AAalaykum junahun an taqsuroo mina assalatiin khiftum an yaftinakumu allatheena kafaroo inna alkafireenakanoo lakum AAaduwwan mubeena

And when you are travelling in the earth, you do no wrong to cut short some of the duty if you fear that those who ignore warning will subject you to means of denial — the false claimers of guidance are an open enemy to you —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-101.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** قُصُورًۭا — quṣūran · "palaces"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَاذْ‌كُرُٓوا اِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَـفَٓاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّاَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِهَا قُصُوراً وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتاًۚ  فَاذْكُـرُٓوا اٰلَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wathkuroo ithjaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi AAadin wabawwaakumfee al-ardi tattakhithoona min suhooliha qusooranwatanhitoona aljibala buyootan fathkurooalaa Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

“And remember when He made you successors after ʿĀd, and settled you in the earth; you make castles out of its plains and hew the mountains into houses. Then remember the favours of God and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-74.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 202

- **Form in this verse:** يُقْصِرُونَ — yuq'ṣirūna · "they cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

Wa-ikhwanuhum yamuddoonahum feealghayyi thumma la yuqsiroon

When their brethren assist them in error — then do they not cease.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-202.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** وَقَصْرٍۢ — waqaṣrin · "and castle"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّـلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَش۪يدٍ

Fakaayyin min qaryatin ahlaknahawahiya thalimatun fahiya khawiyatunAAala AAurooshiha wabi/rin muAAattalatinwaqasrin masheed

And how many a city did We destroy when it was doing wrong and is desolate! — and a deserted well[...]! and a lofty castle[...]!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-45.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** قُصُورًۢا — quṣūran · "palaces"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

تَبَارَكَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اِنْ شَٓاءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْراً مِنْ ذٰلِكَ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكَ قُصُوراً

Tabaraka allathee in shaajaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajreemin tahtiha al-anharu wayajAAal laka qusoora

Blessed be He who, if He wills, will make for thee better than that, — gardens beneath which rivers flow — and will make for thee palaces!

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

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** قَـٰصِرَٰتُ — qāṣirātu · "(will be) companions of modest gaze"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ ع۪ينٌۙ

WaAAindahum qasiratu attarfiAAeen

And with them maidens of modest-eyed gaze,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-48.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** قَـٰصِرَٰتُ — qāṣirātu · "(will be) companions of modest gaze"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · genitive case

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ

WaAAindahum qasiratu attarfiatrab

And with them maidens of modest gaze, well-matched.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-52.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَمُقَصِّرِينَ — wamuqaṣṣirīna · "and shortened"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

لَقَدْ صَدَقَ اللّٰهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّءْيَا بِالْحَقِّۚ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ اٰمِن۪ينَۙ مُحَلِّق۪ينَ رُؤُ۫سَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّر۪ينَۙ لَا تَخَافُونَۜ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا فَجَعَلَ مِنْ دُونِ ذٰلِكَ فَتْحاً قَر۪يباً

Laqad sadaqa Allahu rasoolahuarru/ya bilhaqqi latadkhulunnaalmasjida alharama in shaa Allahu amineenamuhalliqeena ruoosakum wamuqassireena latakhafoona faAAalima ma lam taAAlamoo fajaAAala mindooni thalika fathan qareeba

God has confirmed the vision to His messenger in truth: — “You will enter the inviolable place of worship, if God wills, secure, shaven-headed and cut; not fearing.” And He knew what you knew not, and He appointed, besides that, a near victory.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-27.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** قَـٰصِرَٰتُ — qāṣirātu · "(will be) companions of modest gaze"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine, plural · nominative case

ف۪يهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِۙ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَٓانٌّۚ

Feehinna qasiratu attarfilam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jan

In them: maidens of modest gaze, whom there deflowered before them neither servus nor dominus:

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-56.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ — maqṣūrātun · "restrained"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِۚ

Hoorun maqsooratun feealkhiyam

Pure-eyed maidens, sheltered in pavilions;

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-72.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلْقَصْرِ — kal-qaṣri · "as the fortress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّهَا تَرْم۪ي بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِۚ

Innaha tarmee bishararin kalqasr

It throws sparks like logs,

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

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