# Ye-Elif-Sin — ياس (yAs)

> Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To despair, desperate, to give up hope, to know, be acquainted with, realise. It is a synonym of qanata (Qaf-Nun-Tay) to cut of the hope.
- **Derived forms:** يَ ُٔوس (3) · يَئِسَ (8) · ٱسْتَيْ َٔسَ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** يَئِسَ — ya-isa · "(have) despaired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْز۪يرِ وَمَٓا اُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّٰهِ بِه۪ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّط۪يحَةُ وَمَٓا اَكَلَ السَّبُعُ اِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَاَنْ تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْاَزْلَامِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌۜ  اَلْيَوْمَ يَـئِسَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ د۪ينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِۜ اَلْيَوْمَ اَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ د۪ينَكُمْ وَاَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَت۪ي وَرَض۪يتُ لَكُمُ الْاِسْلَامَ د۪يناًۜ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ ف۪ي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِاِثْمٍۙ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Hurrimat AAalaykumu almaytatu waddamuwalahmu alkhinzeeri wama ohilla lighayri Allahibihi walmunkhaniqatu walmawqoothatu walmutaraddiyatuwannateehatu wama akala assabuAAuilla ma thakkaytum wama thubihaAAala annusubi waan tastaqsimoo bil-azlamithalikum fisqun alyawma ya-isa allatheena kafaroomin deenikum fala takhshawhum wakhshawni alyawmaakmaltu lakum deenakum waatmamtu AAalaykum niAAmatee waradeetulakumu al-islama deenan famani idturra fee makhmasatinghayra mutajanifin li-ithmin fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

Forbidden to you is carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God, and the strangled, and the beaten, and the fallen, and the gored, and that eaten by the beast of prey save what you slaughter, and that sacrificed upon the altar, and that you seek apportionment by divining arrows — that is perfidy — (this day have those who ignore warning despaired of your doctrine, so fear them not, but fear Me; this day have I perfected for you your doctrine and completed My favour upon you, and approved for you submission as doctrine) but whoso is compelled by hunger, without inclination to sin — God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-3.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** لَيَـُٔوسٌۭ — layaūsun · "(is) despairing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَئِنْ اَذَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا مِنْهُۚ اِنَّهُ لَيَؤُ۫سٌ كَفُورٌ

Wala-in athaqna al-insanaminna rahmatan thumma nazaAAnahaminhu innahu layaoosun kafoor

And if We let man taste mercy from Us then remove it from him, he is without hope and ungrateful.

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟ — is'tayasū · "they despaired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْـَٔسُوا مِنْهُ خَلَصُوا نَجِياًّۜ قَالَ كَب۪يرُهُمْ اَلَمْ تَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اَبَاكُمْ قَدْ اَخَذَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَوْثِقاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَمِنْ قَبْلُ مَا فَرَّطْتُمْ ف۪ي يُوسُفَۚ فَلَنْ اَبْرَحَ الْاَرْضَ حَتّٰى يَأْذَنَ ل۪ٓي اَب۪ٓي اَوْ يَحْكُمَ اللّٰهُ ل۪يۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِم۪ينَ

Falamma istay-asoo minhu khalasoonajiyyan qala kabeeruhum alam taAAlamoo anna abakumqad akhatha AAalaykum mawthiqan mina Allahi waminqablu ma farrattum fee yoosufa falan abrahaal-arda hatta ya/thana lee abee aw yahkumaAllahu lee wahuwa khayru alhakimeen

And when they had despaired of him, they separated themselves for private conference. The eldest of them said: “Know you not that your father took a solemn oath from you before God — and you failed concerning Joseph before? And I will not leave the land until my father gives me leave, or God judges in my favour; and He is the best of judges.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-80.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ — tāy'asū · "despair"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَا بَنِيَّ اذْهَبُوا فَتَحَسَّسُوا مِنْ يُوسُفَ وَاَخ۪يهِ وَلَا تَايْـَٔسُوا مِنْ رَوْحِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يَايْـَٔسُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكَافِرُونَ

Ya baniyya ithhaboo fatahassasoomin yoosufa waakheehi wala tay-asoo min rawhi Allahiinnahu la yay-asu min rawhi Allahi illaalqawmu alkafiroon

“O my sons: go and ask about Joseph and his brother, and despair not of the comfort of God; none despairs of the comfort of God save the unbelieving people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-87.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** يَا۟يْـَٔسُ — yāy'asu · "despairs"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَا بَنِيَّ اذْهَبُوا فَتَحَسَّسُوا مِنْ يُوسُفَ وَاَخ۪يهِ وَلَا تَايْـَٔسُوا مِنْ رَوْحِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يَايْـَٔسُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْكَافِرُونَ

Ya baniyya ithhaboo fatahassasoomin yoosufa waakheehi wala tay-asoo min rawhi Allahiinnahu la yay-asu min rawhi Allahi illaalqawmu alkafiroon

“O my sons: go and ask about Joseph and his brother, and despair not of the comfort of God; none despairs of the comfort of God save the unbelieving people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-87.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَيْـَٔسَ — is'tayasa · "gave up hope"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا اسْتَيْـَٔسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَٓاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَاۙ فَنُجِّيَ مَنْ نَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Hatta itha istay-asa arrusuluwathannoo annahum qad kuthiboo jaahumnasruna fanujjiya man nashao walayuraddu ba/suna AAani alqawmi almujrimeen

When the messengers had despaired and thought that they had been denied, there came to them Our help and who We willed was delivered. And repulsed not is Our wrath from the lawbreaking people.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-110.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** يَا۟يْـَٔسِ — yāy'asi · "know"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَوْ اَنَّ قُرْاٰناً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ اَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْاَرْضُ اَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ بَلْ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اَفَلَمْ يَايْـَٔسِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ لَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَم۪يعاًۜ وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا تُص۪يبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ اَوْ تَحُلُّ قَر۪يباً مِنْ دَارِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْم۪يعَادَ۟

Walaw anna qur-anan suyyirat bihialjibalu aw quttiAAat bihi al-ardu awkullima bihi almawta bal lillahi al-amru jameeAAanafalam yay-asi allatheena amanoo an law yashaoAllahu lahada annasa jameeAAan walayazalu allatheena kafaroo tuseebuhum bimasanaAAoo qariAAatun aw tahullu qareeban mindarihim hatta ya/tiya waAAdu Allahiinna Allaha la yukhlifu almeeAAad

And were there a recitation whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth rent asunder, or the dead caused to speak[...]. The truth is, to God belongs the command altogether. Have not those who heed warning despaired that, had God willed, He would have guided mankind all together? And those who ignore warning: disaster will cease not to strike them for what they have wrought, or to descend near their abodes, until the promise of God comes; God will not break the appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-31.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** يَـُٔوسًۭا — yaūsan · "(in) despair"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَٓا اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ اَعْرَضَ وَنَاٰ بِجَانِبِه۪ۚ وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَؤُ۫ساً

Wa-itha anAAamna AAalaal-insani aAArada wanaa bijanibihiwa-itha massahu ashsharru kana yaoosa

And when We favour a man, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is without hope.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-83.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** يَئِسُوا۟ — ya-isū · "(have) despaired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَلِقَٓائِه۪ٓ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يَـئِسُوا مِنْ رَحْمَت۪ي وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatiAllahi waliqa-ihi ola-ika ya-isoo min rahmateewaola-ika lahum AAathabun aleem

And those who deny the proofs of God and the meeting with Him: those despair of My mercy; and those will have a painful punishment.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-23.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** فَيَـُٔوسٌۭ — fayaūsun · "then he gives up hope"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

لَا يَسْـَٔمُ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ دُعَٓاءِ الْخَيْرِۘ وَاِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَؤُ۫سٌ قَنُوطٌ

La yas-amu al-insanu min duAAa-ialkhayri wa-in massahu ashsharru fayaoosun qanoot

Man grows not weary of calling for good; but if evil touches him, he is without hope and despairing.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-49.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** يَئِسُوا۟ — ya-isū · "they despair"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَـئِسُوا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِ كَمَا يَـئِسَ الْكُفَّارُ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ الْقُبُورِ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tatawallaw qawman ghadiba AllahuAAalayhim qad ya-isoo mina al-akhirati kama ya-isaalkuffaru min as-habi alquboor

O you who heed warning: take not as allies people with whom God is wroth; they have despaired of the Hereafter as the atheists have despaired of the companions of the graves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-13.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** يَئِسَ — ya-isa · "despair"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَـئِسُوا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِ كَمَا يَـئِسَ الْكُفَّارُ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ الْقُبُورِ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tatawallaw qawman ghadiba AllahuAAalayhim qad ya-isoo mina al-akhirati kama ya-isaalkuffaru min as-habi alquboor

O you who heed warning: take not as allies people with whom God is wroth; they have despaired of the Hereafter as the atheists have despaired of the companions of the graves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-13.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَئِسْنَ — ya-is'na · "have despaired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · past tense

وَالّٰٓئ۪ يَـئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَح۪يضِ مِنْ نِسَٓائِكُمْ اِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلٰثَةُ اَشْهُرٍۙ وَالّٰٓئ۪ لَمْ يَحِضْنَۜ  وَاُو۬لَاتُ الْاَحْمَالِ اَجَلُهُنَّ اَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّۜ  وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ اَمْرِه۪ يُسْراً

Walla-ee ya-isna mina almaheedimin nisa-ikum ini irtabtum faAAiddatuhunna thalathatuashhurin walla-ee lam yahidna waolatual-ahmali ajaluhunna an yadaAAna hamlahunnawaman yattaqi Allaha yajAAal lahu min amrihi yusra

And for such of your women as despair of menstruation, if you doubt, their waiting period is three months, as well as for those who have not menstruated. And for those who are bearing, their waiting period is until they lay down their burden. And whoso is in prudent fear of God — He will make for him, of His command, ease.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-4.md_

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