# Vav-Sin-Ta — وسط (wsT)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** middle, midst, among, best, best part of a thing, mediate/intercede between, most remote from the extremes, equidistant, intermediate, most conforming/equitable/just/balanced, most excellent of them in particular, occupy the middle position
- **Derived forms:** أَوْسَط (2) · وَسَط (1) · وَسَطْ (1) · وُسْطَىٰ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 143

- **Form in this verse:** وَسَطًۭا — wasaṭan · "(of the) middle way"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · accusative case · indefinite

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ اُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَٓاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَه۪يداًۜ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّت۪ي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهَٓا اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يَتَّبِـعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّنْ يَنْقَلِبُ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِۜ  وَاِنْ كَانَتْ لَكَب۪يرَةً اِلَّا عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ هَدَى اللّٰهُۜ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُض۪يعَ ا۪يمَانَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wakathalika jaAAalnakumommatan wasatan litakoonoo shuhadaa AAala annasiwayakoona arrasoolu AAalaykum shaheedan wamajaAAalna alqiblata allatee kunta AAalayha illalinaAAlama man yattabiAAu arrasoola mimman yanqalibu AAalaAAaqibayhi wa-in kanat lakabeeratan illa AAalaallatheena hada Allahu wama kanaAllahu liyudeeAAa eemanakum inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

And thus We made you an intermediary community that you might be witnesses to mankind, and that the Messenger might be a witness to you. And We made not the course which thou wast on save that We might know him who follows the Messenger from him who turns on his heels. And it is hard save for those whom God has guided. And God would not cause your faith to be lost; God is towards men kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-143.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 238

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوُسْطَىٰ — l-wus'ṭā · "[the] middle"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine · genitive case

حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلٰوةِ الْوُسْطٰى وَقُومُوا لِلّٰهِ قَانِت۪ينَ

Hafithoo AAalaassalawati wassalatialwusta waqoomoo lillahi qaniteen

Preserve the duties — and the median duty — and stand up for God, humbly obedient;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-238.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** أَوْسَطِ — awsaṭi · "average"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغْوِ ف۪ٓي اَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا عَقَّدْتُمُ الْاَيْمَانَۚ فَكَفَّارَتُهُٓ اِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاك۪ينَ مِنْ اَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ اَهْل۪يكُمْ اَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ اَوْ تَحْر۪يرُ رَقَبَةٍۜ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلٰثَةِ اَيَّامٍۜ ذٰلِكَ كَفَّارَةُ اَيْمَانِكُمْ اِذَا حَلَفْتُمْۜ وَاحْفَظُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

La yu-akhithukumu Allahubillaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukumbima AAaqqadtumu al-aymana fakaffaratuhu itAAamuAAasharati masakeena min awsati ma tutAAimoonaahleekum aw kiswatuhum aw tahreeru raqabatin faman lamyajid fasiyamu thalathati ayyamin thalikakaffaratu aymanikum itha halaftum wahfathooaymanakum kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakum ayatihilaAAallakum tashkuroon

God will not take you to task for the vain speech in your oaths; but He will take you to task for what you have contracted by oath, whereof the expiation is the feeding of ten needy persons with the average of that you feed your families, or the clothing of them, or the manumission of a slave; but whoso has not the means, then a fast of three days. That is the expiation of your oaths when you have sworn. But keep your oaths; thus does God make plain to you His proofs, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-89.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** أَوْسَطُهُمْ — awsaṭuhum · "(the) most moderate of them"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

قَالَ اَوْسَطُهُمْ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَـكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon

Said the most moderate of them: “Said I not to you: ‘Oh, that you did but give glory!’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-28.md_

### 100. Surah Al-'Adiyat, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** فَوَسَطْنَ — fawasaṭna · "Then penetrate (in the) center"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · past tense

فَوَسَطْنَ بِه۪ جَمْعاًۙ

Fawasatna bihi jamAAa

Then breaching thereby the midst together!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-adiyat/verse-5.md_

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