# Sin-Kaf-Ta — سقط (sqT)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To fall, to drop, to collapse, to descend, to degrade, to lose value, to sink, to fail, to become invalid, to be cancelled, to break down, to die, to fade out
- **Derived forms:** تُسْقِطَ (3) · تُسَٰقِطْ (1) · سَاقِط (1) · سُقِطَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** تَسْقُطُ — tasquṭu · "falls"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِـحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَٓا اِلَّا هُوَۜ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ اِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْاَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍ

WaAAindahu mafatihu alghaybi layaAAlamuha illa huwa wayaAAlamu ma feealbarri walbahri wama tasqutu minwaraqatin illa yaAAlamuha wala habbatinfee thulumati al-ardi wala ratbinwala yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeen

And with Him are the keys of the Unseen; and none knows them but He. And He knows what is in the land and the sea; and not a leaf falls but He knows it; nor is there a grain in the darknesses of the earth, and nothing moist or dry, but is in a clear writ.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-59.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 149

- **Form in this verse:** سُقِطَ — suqiṭa · "(it was made to) fall"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ ف۪ٓي اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَرَاَوْا اَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّواۙ قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Walamma suqita fee aydeehimwaraaw annahum qad dalloo qaloo la-in lam yarhamnarabbuna wayaghfir lana lanakoonanna mina alkhasireen

And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said: “If our Lord have not mercy on us and forgive us, we will be among the losers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-149.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** سَقَطُوا۟ ۗ — saqaṭū · "they have fallen"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ ائْذَنْ ل۪ي وَلَا تَفْتِنّ۪يۜ اَلَا فِي الْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُواۜ وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُح۪يطَةٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waminhum man yaqoolu i/than lee walataftinnee ala fee alfitnati saqatoo wa-innajahannama lamuheetatun bilkafireen

And among them is he who says: “Grant thou me leave, and subject thou me not to means of denial.” Save into the means of denial have they fallen; and Gehenna encompasses the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-49.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** تُسْقِطَ — tus'qiṭa · "you cause to fall"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَٓاءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً اَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ قَب۪يلاًۙ

Aw tusqita assamaa kamazaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw ta/tiya billahiwalmala-ikati qabeela

“Or thou cause the sky to fall — as thou hast claimed — upon us in pieces, or thou bring God and the angels before us face to face,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-92.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** تُسَـٰقِطْ — tusāqiṭ · "it will drop"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَهُزّ۪ٓي اِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِياًّۘ

Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya

“And shake thou towards thee the trunk of the date-palm; it will drop upon thee ripe, fresh dates.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-25.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 187

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَسْقِطْ — fa-asqiṭ · "Then cause to fall"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَۜ

Faasqit AAalayna kisafan minaassama-i in kunta mina assadiqeen

“Then cause thou pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if thou be of the truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-187.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** نُسْقِطْ — nus'qiṭ · "cause to fall"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · present tense

اَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اِنْ نَشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُن۪يبٍ۟

Afalam yaraw ila ma baynaaydeehim wama khalfahum mina assama-i wal-ardiin nasha/ nakhsif bihimu al-arda aw nusqitAAalayhim kisafan mina assama-i inna fee thalikalaayatan likulli AAabdin muneeb

Do they then not see what is before them, and what following them of the heaven and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause to fall upon them pieces of the sky. In that is a proof for every repentant servant.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-9.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** سَاقِطًۭا — sāqiṭan · "falling"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ سَاقِطاً يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَرْكُومٌ

Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina assama-isaqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoom

And were they to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say: “Clouds heaped up.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-44.md_

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