# Ra-Sad-Dal — رصد (rSd)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To watch, lay in wait, observe, prepare, ambush. Marsadun - place of ambush, military post, place of observation. Mirsad - watch, look out. Irsad - means of preparation or finding out, hiding place, lurking place.
- **Derived forms:** إِرْصَاد (1) · رَصَد (2) · مِرْصَاد (2) · مَرْصَد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** مَرْصَدٍۢ ۚ — marṣadin · "place of ambush"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَاِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْاَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍۚ فَاِنْ تَابُوا وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوةَ فَخَلُّوا سَب۪يلَهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Fa-itha insalakha al-ashhuru alhurumufaqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohumwahsuroohum waqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadinfa-in taboo waaqamoo assalatawaatawoo azzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum innaAllaha ghafoorun raheem

And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the idolaters wheresoever you find them, and seize them, and restrain them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, then let them go their way; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-5.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** وَإِرْصَادًۭا — wa-ir'ṣādan · "and (as) a station"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِداً ضِرَاراً وَكُفْراً وَتَفْر۪يقاً بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَاِرْصَاداً لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ اِنْ اَرَدْنَٓا اِلَّا الْحُسْنٰىۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَشْهَدُ اِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Wallatheena ittakhathoomasjidan diraran wakufran watafreeqan baynaalmu/mineena wa-irsadan liman haraba Allahawarasoolahu min qablu walayahlifunna in aradna illaalhusna wallahu yashhadu innahum lakathiboon

As are those who took a place of worship in harm and denial, and division among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against God and His messenger before. And they will swear: “We purposed only good”; but God bears witness that they are liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-107.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** رَّصَدًۭا — raṣadan · "waiting"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِۜ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الْاٰنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَاباً رَصَداًۙ

Waanna kunna naqAAudu minhamaqaAAida lissamAAi faman yastamiAAi al-anayajid lahu shihaban rasada

“And that: ‘We sat there on seats to hear; but whoso listens in now finds for him a flame waiting.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-9.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** رَصَدًۭا — raṣadan · "a guard"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضٰى مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَاِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِه۪ رَصَداًۙ

Illa mani irtada min rasoolinfa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasada

Save to a messenger He has approved: “And that, He sends before him and after him watchers,

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

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** مِرْصَادًۭا — mir'ṣādan · "lying in wait"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَاداًۙ

Inna jahannama kanat mirsada

Gehenna will be lying in wait,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-21.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ — labil-mir'ṣādi · "(is) surely Ever Watchful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِۜ

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Thy Lord is ever watchful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-14.md_

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