Home Quran Quran roots م ش ي
23 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 370
The Quran root م ش ي m-sh-y
Words built from the root م ش ي ([m-sh-y]) appear 23 times in the Quran. The most common is مَشَ, “walk”, which comes 21 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مَشَ | masha | walk · walks | 21 | |
| مَشْي | mashy | pace | 1 | |
| مَشّاء | mashshaa’ | going about | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٠
مَّشَوْا mashaw · they walk
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:20)
أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٢٢
يَمْشِي yamshī · he walks
And is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge therefrom? Thus it has been made pleasing to the disbelievers that which they were doing. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:122)
وَاقْصِدْ فِي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ الْأَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيرِ ١٩
مَشْيِكَ mashyika · your pace
And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys." (Surah Luqman, 31:19)
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ ١١
مَّشَّاءٍ mashāin · going about
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip - (Surah Al-Qalam, 68:11)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nur · 3×
- Surah Al-Furqan · 3×
- Surah Al-Mulk · 3×
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Taha · 2×
- Surah Luqman · 2×
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.