Home Quran Quran roots خ ش ع
17 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 433
The Quran root خ ش ع kh-sh-ʿ
Words built from the root خ ش ع ([kh-sh-ʿ]) appear 17 times in the Quran. The most common is خاشِع, “humbled”, which comes 14 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| خاشِع | khaashiʿ | humbled · humbly submissive | 14 | |
| خَشَعَتِ | khashaʿati | humbled · become humble | 2 | |
| خُشُوع | khushuuʿ | humility | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ ٤٥
الْخَاشِعِينَ l-khāshiʿīna · the humble ones
And seek help through patience and prayer; and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allāh] (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:45)
وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَمَن يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ خَاشِعِينَ لِلَّهِ لَا يَشْتَرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ١٩٩
خَاشِعِينَ khāshiʿīna · humbly submissive
And indeed, among the People of the Scripture are those who believe in Allāh and what was revealed to you and what was revealed to them, [being] humbly submissive to Allāh. They do not exchange the verses of Allāh for a small price. Those will have their reward with their Lord. Indeed, Allāh is swift in account. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:199)
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ الدَّاعِيَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُ وَخَشَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا ١٠٨
وَخَشَعَتِ wakhashaʿati · And (will be) humbled
That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps]. (Surah Taha, 20:108)
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ١٠٩
خُشُوعًا khushūʿan · (in) humility
And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it [i.e., the Qur’ān] increases them in humble submission. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:109)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 1×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 1×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 1×
- Surah Fussilat · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.