# Kaf-Ra-Ta-Sin — قرطس (qrTs)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To shoot, take aim, hit the mark, perish. qirtas (pl. qaratis) - parchment, what one writes upon, sheet of paper, scroll of paper, writing, book, skin used as target.
- **Derived forms:** قِرْطَاس (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** قِرْطَاسٍۢ — qir'ṭāsin · "a parchment"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَاباً ف۪ي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ لَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Walaw nazzalna AAalayka kitabanfee qirtasin falamasoohu bi-aydeehim laqala allatheenakafaroo in hatha illa sihrun mubeen

And had We sent down upon thee a Writ upon parchment, then they had touched it with their hands, those who ignore warning would have said: “This is only obvious sorcery.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-7.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** قَرَاطِيسَ — qarāṭīsa · "(into) parchments"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِه۪ٓ اِذْ قَالُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى بَشَرٍ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ مَنْ اَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذ۪ي جَٓاءَ بِه۪ مُوسٰى نُوراً وَهُدًى لِلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُ قَرَاط۪يسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَث۪يراًۚ وَعُلِّمْتُمْ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُٓوا اَنْتُمْ وَلَٓا اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُۙ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ ف۪ي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Wama qadaroo Allaha haqqaqadrihi ith qaloo ma anzala AllahuAAala basharin min shay-in qul man anzala alkitabaallathee jaa bihi moosa nooran wahudan linnasitajAAaloonahu qarateesa tubdoonaha watukhfoonakatheeran waAAullimtum ma lam taAAlamoo antum wala abaokumquli Allahu thumma tharhum fee khawdihimyalAAaboon

And they measured God not with the measure due Him when they said: “God has not sent down upon a mortal anything.” Say thou: “Who sent down the Writ which Moses brought as a light and guidance for men?” (You make it into parchments which you show; and you conceal much; and you were taught what you knew not, you and your fathers.) Say thou: “God”; then leave thou them playing in their vain discourses.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-91.md_

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