Home Quran Quran roots ق ص ر
11 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 559
The Quran root ق ص ر q-ṣ-r
Words built from the root ق ص ر ([q-ṣ-r]) appear 11 times in the Quran. The most common is قَصْر, “palaces”, which comes 4 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قَصْر | qaṣr | palaces · castle | 4 | |
| قاصِرَة | qaaṣira | companions of modest gaze | 3 | |
| تَقْصُرُ | taqṣuru | you shorten | 1 | |
| يُقْصِرُ | yuqṣiru | they cease | 1 | |
| مُقَصِّر | muqaṣṣir | shortened | 1 | |
| مَقْصُورَة | maqṣuura | restrained | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ مِن بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا فَاذْكُرُوا آلَاءَ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ٧٤
قُصُورًا quṣūran · palaces
And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:74)
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ ٤٥
وَقَصْرٍ waqaṣrin · and castle
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace. (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:45)
وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ عِينٌ ٤٨
قَاصِرَاتُ qāṣirātu · (will be) companions of modest gaze
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes, (Surah As-Saffat, 37:48)
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَن يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنَّ الْكَافِرِينَ كَانُوا لَكُمْ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًا ١٠١
تَقْصُرُوا taqṣurū · you shorten
And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:101)
وَإِخْوَانُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي الْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ ٢٠٢
يُقْصِرُونَ yuq'ṣirūna · they cease
But their brothers - they [i.e., the devils] increase them in error; then they do not stop short. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:202)
لَّقَدْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّؤْيَا بِالْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ إِن شَاءَ اللَّهُ آمِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُءُوسَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا تَخَافُونَ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا فَجَعَلَ مِن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا ٢٧
وَمُقَصِّرِينَ wamuqaṣṣirīna · and shortened
Certainly has Allāh showed to His Messenger the vision [i.e., dream] in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, if Allāh wills, in safety, with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened, not fearing [anyone]. He knew what you did not know and has arranged before that a conquest near [at hand]. (Surah Al-Fath, 48:27)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah Ar-Rahman · 2×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 1×
- Surah Al-Furqan · 1×
- Surah Al-Mursalat · 1×
- Surah As-Saffat · 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.