# Vav-Sad-Dal — وصد (wSd)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be fast, firm, remain in a place, build a store, enclosure, close (a door), stop, shut.
- **Derived forms:** مُّؤْصَدَة (2) · وَصِيد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ — bil-waṣīdi · "at the entrance"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَص۪يدِۜ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

And thou thinkest them awake, when they are asleep; and We cause them to turn to the right and the left.) And their dog was stretching out its two paws on the threshold — hadst thou looked upon them, thou wouldst have turned away from them in flight and been filled with terror of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-18.md_

### 90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ — mu'ṣadatun · "closed in"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

AAalayhim narun mu/sada

Upon them will a Fire be closed in.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-20.md_

### 104. Surah Al-Humazah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** مُّؤْصَدَةٌۭ — mu'ṣadatun · "closed over"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مُؤْصَدَةٌۙ

lnnaha AAalayhim mu/sada

It will be upon them closed in

_https://quran.so/surah-al-humazah/verse-8.md_

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