# Kaf-Sin-Sin — قسس (qss)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to slander any one, think evil, seek after a thing, pasture cleverly, become a priest, become good herdsman. qissis - savant, Christian, priest, devoted to learning.
- **Derived forms:** قِسِّيسِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** قِسِّيسِينَ — qissīsīna · "(are) priests"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

لَتَجِدَنَّ اَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُواۚ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ اَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا نَصَارٰىۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسّ۪يس۪ينَ وَرُهْبَاناً وَاَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Latajidanna ashadda annasiAAadawatan lillatheena amanoo alyahooda wallatheenaashrakoo walatajidanna aqrabahum mawaddatan lillatheena amanooallatheena qaloo inna nasara thalikabi-anna minhum qisseeseena waruhbanan waannahum layastakbiroon

Thou wilt find the strongest of men in enmity to those who heed warning the Rabbinic Jews and the idolaters; and thou wilt find the nearest of them in love to those who heed warning those who say: “We are Christians”; for it is that among them are priests and monks, and that they wax not proud!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-82.md_

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