# Kh-Sin-Fe — خسف (xsf)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To sink or go away into the ground or earth (place or person), become depressed (such as the eye becoming depressed in the head), to lose sight/become blind, to lose light (like the sun or moon during an eclipse), become defective or deficient, become lean or emaciated, to recover (such as from disease or illness), to put out one's eye, make a hole in a thing, to abase or humble or make lowly, to disgrace, to be vile.
- **Derived forms:** خَسَفَ (8)

## Verses containing this root

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْسِفَ — yakhsifa · "Allah will cave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَفَاَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللّٰهُ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَۙ

Afaamina allatheena makaroo assayyi-atian yakhsifa Allahu bihimu al-arda aw ya/tiyahumualAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroon

Do they who plot evil deeds feel secure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the punishment will not come upon them whence they perceive not,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-45.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْسِفَ — yakhsifa · "He will cause to swallow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِباً ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَك۪يلاًۙ

Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum janibaalbarri aw yursila AAalaykum hasiban thumma latajidoo lakum wakeela

Do you feel secure that He will not cause a portion of the land to swallow you, or send against you a storm of stones? Then would you not find for you a guardian.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-68.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** فَخَسَفْنَا — fakhasafnā · "Then We caused to swallow up"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَخَسَفْنَا بِه۪ وَبِدَارِهِ الْاَرْضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُ مِنْ فِئَةٍ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۗ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُنْتَصِر۪ينَ

Fakhasafna bihi wabidarihial-arda fama kana lahu min fi-atin yansuroonahumin dooni Allahi wama kana mina almuntasireen

(Then We caused the earth to swallow him and his abode. And there was for him no band to help him besides God; and he was not of those who help themselves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-81.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** لَخَسَفَ — lakhasafa · "He would have caused it to swallow us"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَصْبَحَ الَّذ۪ينَ تَمَنَّوْا مَكَانَهُ بِالْاَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ وَيَقْدِرُۚ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ مَنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَاۜ وَيْكَاَنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ۟

Waasbaha allatheenatamannaw makanahu bil-amsi yaqooloona waykaannaAllaha yabsutu arrizqa liman yashaomin AAibadihi wayaqdiru lawla an manna AllahuAAalayna lakhasafa bina waykaannahu la yuflihualkafiroon

And morning found those who had desired his place the day before, saying: “Oh, how God expands and straitens the provision for whom He wills of His servants! Had God not been gracious to us, He would have caused it to swallow us. And oh, how the false claimers of guidance do not succeed!”)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-82.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** خَسَفْنَا — khasafnā · "We caused to swallow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَكُلاًّ اَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِه۪ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَـلَيْهِ حَـاصِباًۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَغْرَقْنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Fakullan akhathna bithanbihifaminhum man arsalna AAalayhi hasiban waminhum manakhathat-hu assayhatu waminhum mankhasafna bihi al-arda waminhum man aghraqnawama kana Allahu liyathlimahumwalakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And each We took for his transgression; and among them was he upon whom We sent a storm of stones; and among them was he whom the Blast seized; and among them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow; and among them was he whom We drowned. And God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-40.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** نَخْسِفْ — nakhsif · "We (could) cause to swallow them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

اَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اِنْ نَشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُن۪يبٍ۟

Afalam yaraw ila ma baynaaydeehim wama khalfahum mina assama-i wal-ardiin nasha/ nakhsif bihimu al-arda aw nusqitAAalayhim kisafan mina assama-i inna fee thalikalaayatan likulli AAabdin muneeb

Do they then not see what is before them, and what following them of the heaven and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause to fall upon them pieces of the sky. In that is a proof for every repentant servant.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-9.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْسِفَ — yakhsifa · "He will cause to swallow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

ءَاَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُۙ

Aamintum man fee assama-i anyakhsifa bikumu al-arda fa-itha hiya tamoor

Do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not make the earth swallow you, the while it shakes?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-16.md_

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَخَسَفَ — wakhasafa · "And becomes dark"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُۙ

Wakhasafa alqamar

And the moon is eclipsed,

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

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