# Vav-Cim-Sin — وجس (wjs)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to feel an apprehension about, dread a thing.
- **Derived forms:** أَوْجَسَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَوْجَسَ — wa-awjasa · "and felt apprehension"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا رَآٰ اَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ اِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خ۪يفَةًۜ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ اِنَّٓا اُرْسِلْـنَٓا اِلٰى قَوْمِ لُوطٍۜ

Falamma raa aydiyahum latasilu ilayhi nakirahum waawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloola takhaf inna orsilna ila qawmi loot

And when he saw their hands reaching not towards it, he was suspicious of them, and conceived a fear from them. They said: “Fear thou not; we have been sent to the people of Lot.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-70.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَوْجَسَ — fa-awjasa · "So sensed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَوْجَسَ ف۪ي نَفْسِه۪ خ۪يفَةً مُوسٰى

Faawjasa fee nafsihi kheefatan moosa

And Moses conceived a fear within him.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-67.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَوْجَسَ — fa-awjasa · "Then he felt"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خ۪يفَةًۜ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْۜ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَل۪يمٍ

Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo latakhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleem

And he sensed fear from them. They said: “Fear thou not!” And they gave him glad tidings of a learned lad.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-28.md_

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