# Kaf-Sad-Vav — قصو (qSw)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Distant/remote, far, go far away. Quswa - more remote, further.
- **Derived forms:** أَقْصَا (3) · قُصْوَىٰ (1) · قَصِيّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُصْوَىٰ — l-quṣ'wā · "the farther"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine, singular · nominative case

اِذْ اَنْتُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوٰى وَالرَّكْبُ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْۜ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدْتُمْ لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الْم۪يعَادِۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَقْضِيَ اللّٰهُ اَمْراً كَانَ مَفْعُولاًۙ لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيٰى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَسَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Ith antum bilAAudwati addunyawahum bilAAudwati alquswa warrakbuasfala minkum walaw tawaAAadtum lakhtalaftum feealmeeAAadi walakin liyaqdiya Allahuamran kana mafAAoolan liyahlika man halaka AAan bayyinatinwayahya man hayya AAan bayyinatin wa-innaAllaha lasameeAAun AAaleem

When you were on the near bank, and they were on the far bank, and the caravan was lower than you. And had you agreed to meet, you would have failed in the appointment. But that God might conclude a matter that was done: — that there might perish he who perished upon clear evidence, and that there might live he who lived upon clear evidence; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-42.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَقْصَا — l-aqṣā · "Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case

سُبْحَانَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَسْرٰى بِعَبْدِه۪ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْاَقْصَا الَّذ۪ي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَاۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ

Subhana allathee asrabiAAabdihi laylan mina almasjidi alharami ilaalmasjidi al-aqsa allathee barakna hawlahulinuriyahu min ayatina innahu huwa assameeAAualbaseer

Glory be to Him who conveyed His servant by night from the inviolable place of worship to the furthest place of worship, which We blessed round about him, that We might show him some of Our proofs! He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-1.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** قَصِيًّۭا — qaṣiyyan · "remote"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِه۪ مَكَاناً قَصِياًّ

Fahamalat-hu fantabathatbihi makanan qasiyya

Then she bore him, and withdrew with him to a distant place.

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

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** أَقْصَا — aqṣā · "(the) farthest end"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

وَجَٓاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ اَقْصَا الْمَد۪ينَةِ يَسْعٰىۘ قَالَ يَا مُوسٰٓى اِنَّ الْمَلَاَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَاخْرُجْ اِنّ۪ي لَكَ مِنَ النَّاصِح۪ينَ

Wajaa rajulun min aqsaalmadeenati yasAAa qala ya moosa innaalmalaa ya/tamiroona bika liyaqtulooka fakhruj innee lakamina annasiheen

And a man came running from the furthest part of the city: — he said: “O Moses: the eminent ones are taking counsel against thee, to kill thee. So leave thou. I am to thee a sincere counsellor.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-20.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** أَقْصَا — aqṣā · "(the) farthest end"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

وَجَٓاءَ مِنْ اَقْصَا الْمَد۪ينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعٰى قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَل۪ينَۙ

Wajaa min aqsa almadeenatirajulun yasAAa qala ya qawmi ittabiAAooalmursaleen

And a man came running from the furthest part of the city. He said: “O my people: follow the emissaries!

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-20.md_

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