# Vav-Sin-Vav-Sin — وسوس (wsws)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To whisper evil, make evil suggestions, prompt false things.
- **Derived forms:** وَسْوَاس (1) · وَسْوَسَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** فَوَسْوَسَ — fawaswasa · "Then whispered"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُ۫رِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْاٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهٰيكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ اَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِد۪ينَ

Fawaswasa lahuma ashshaytanuliyubdiya lahuma ma wooriya AAanhuma minsaw-atihima waqala ma nahakumarabbukuma AAan hathihi ashshajarati illaan takoona malakayni aw takoona mina alkhalideen

Then the satan whispered to them, to make manifest to them what was hidden from them of their shame. He said: “Your Lord forbade you this tree only lest you become angels, or of those abiding eternally.”

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

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** فَوَسْوَسَ — fawaswasa · "Then whispered"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَوَسْوَسَ اِلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ يَٓا اٰدَمُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكَ عَلٰى شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَا يَبْلٰى

Fawaswasa ilayhi ashshaytanuqala ya adamu hal adulluka AAalashajarati alkhuldi wamulkin la yabla

Then the satan whispered to him, saying: “O Adam: shall I direct thee to the Tree of Eternity and a dominion that decays not?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-120.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** تُوَسْوِسُ — tuwaswisu · "whispers"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِه۪ نَفْسُهُۚ وَنَحْنُ اَقْرَبُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَر۪يدِ

Walaqad khalaqna al-insanawanaAAlamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanahnu aqrabuilayhi min habli alwareed

And We have created man; and We know what his soul whispers within him; and We are nearer to him than the jugular vein:

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-16.md_

### 114. Surah An-Nas, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ — l-waswāsi · "(of) the whisperer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case

مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِۙ

Min sharri alwaswasi alkhannas

“From the evil of the retreating whisperer

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nas/verse-4.md_

### 114. Surah An-Nas, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** يُوَسْوِسُ — yuwaswisu · "whispers"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ي يُوَسْوِسُ ف۪ي صُدُورِ النَّاسِۙ

Allathee yuwaswisu fee sudoori annas

“Who whispers in the breasts of mankind;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nas/verse-5.md_

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