# Ra-Sin-Sin — رسس (rss)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To sink (a well), inquire about (news), scrutinize, conceal, bury, begin. Old well, first touch, beginning.
- **Derived forms:** رَّسّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّسِّ — l-rasi · "(of) Ar-rass"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَعَـاداً وَثَمُودَا۬ وَاَصْحَابَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُوناً بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ كَث۪يراً

WaAAadan wathamooda waas-habaarrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheera

And ʿĀd, and Thamūd, and the companions of Al-Rass, and many generations in-between,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-38.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّسِّ — l-rasi · "(of) Ar-Raas"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَاَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُۙ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwaas-habu arrassi wathamood

There denied before them the people of Noah, and the companions of Al-Rass, and Thamūd,

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-12.md_

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