# Kh-Sin-Elif — خسا (xsA)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To drive away a dog, to be dazzled/confused and dim (said of sight), to be driven away/repelled, to throw stones at another.
- **Derived forms:** خَاسِئ (3) · ٱخْسَ ُٔ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** خَـٰسِـِٔينَ — khāsiīna · "despised"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَۚ

Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheenaiAAtadaw minkum fee assabti faqulna lahum koonooqiradatan khasi-een

And you had known those among you who transgressed the Sabbath; and We said to them: “Be despised apes!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-65.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 166

- **Form in this verse:** خَـٰسِـِٔينَ — khāsiīna · "despised"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَ

Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhooAAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasi-een

And when they scorned what they had been forbidden, We said to them: “Be despised apes!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-166.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ — ikh'saū · "Remain despised"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

قَالَ اخْسَؤُ۫ا ف۪يهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

Qala ikhsaoo feeha walatukallimoon

He will say: “Be despised therein; and speak not to Me.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-108.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** خَاسِئًۭا — khāsi-an · "humbled"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ اِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئاً وَهُوَ حَس۪يرٌ

Thumma irjiAAi albasara karratayniyanqalib ilayka albasaru khasi-an wahuwa haseer

Then return thou thy vision again and again! Thy sight will return to thee humbled and weary.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-4.md_

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