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خَسِرَ

خسر in the Quran

Meaning: lost

خسر occurs 18 times in 18 verses across 13 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
18
Verses
18
Surahs
13

خَسِرَ

Verb · 16 times

Meaning: lost · Also translated as: incurred loss, lose, and will lose, will lose

Forms in the Quran

  • خَسِرُوٓا۟ ×8
  • خَسِرَ ×5
  • وَخَسِرَ ×2
  • يَخْسَرُ ×1

خُسْر

Noun · 2 times

Meaning: loss

Forms in the Quran

  • خُسْرًا ×1
  • خُسْرٍ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الخسر والخسران: انتقاص رأس المال، وينسب ذلك إلى الإنسان، فيقال: خسر فلان، وإلى الفعل فيقال: خسرت تجارته، قال تعالى:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الخسر والخسران: نقص رأس المال، وغالب استعماله في المجازات والمعاملات والقيمات؛ قال تعالى: ﴿ولا تخسروا الميزان﴾ [الرحمن: 9] أي لا تنقصوه، وتحروا طريق العدل كقوله: ﴿ولا تبخسوا الناس أشياءهم﴾ [الأعراف: 85]. وقيل: هو إشارة إلى تعاطي ما لا يكون ميزانه به يوم القيامة خاسرا، فيكون ممن قيل فيهم: ﴿ومن خفت موازينه فأولئك الذين…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root خ س ر

Verses with خسر

Verses 1–18 of 18

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    "I will mislead them, And I will create In them false desires; I will Order them to slit the ears Of cattle, and to deface The (fair) nature created By God." Whoever, Forsaking God, takes Satan For a friend, hath Of a surety suffered A loss that is manifest.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:119
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "To whom belongeth All that is in the heavens And on earth?" Say: "To God. He hath inscribed For Himself (the rule of) Mercy. That He will gather you Together for the Day of Judgment, There is no doubt whatever. It is they who have lost Their own souls, that will Not believe.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:12
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those to whom We have given the Book Know this as they know Their own sons. Those who have lost Their own souls Refuse therefore to believe.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:20
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Lost indeed are they Who treat it as a falsehood That they must meet God, Until on a sudden The hour is on them, And they say: "Ah! woe Unto us that we took No thought of it"; For they bear their burdens On their backs, And evil indeed are The burdens that they bear?

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:31
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Lost are those who slay Their children, from folly, Without knowledge, and forbid Food which God hath provided For them, inventing (lies) Against God. They have Indeed gone astray And heeded no guidance.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:140
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those whose scale will be light, Will find their souls In perdition, for that they Wrongfully treated Our Signs.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:9
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they just wait For the final fulfilment Of the event? On the day The event is finally fulfilled, Those who disregarded it Before will say: "The apostles Of our Lord did indeed Bring true (tidings). Have we No intercessors now to intercede On our behalf? Or could we Be sent back? Then should we Behave differently from our Behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost Their souls, and the things They invented will leave Them in the lurch.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:53
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    One day He will Gather them together: (It will be) as if They had tarried But an hour of a day: They will recognise each other: Assuredly those will be lost Who denied the meeting With God and refused To receive true guidance.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:45
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    They are the ones who Have lost their own souls: And the (fancies) they invented Have left them in the lurch!

    Surah Hud, verse 11:21
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    There are among men Some who serve God, As it were, on the verge: If good befalls them, they are, Therewith, well content; but If a trial comes to them, They turn on their faces: They lose both this world And the Hereafter: that Is loss for all to see!

    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:11
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    But those whose balance Is light, will be those Who have lost their souls; In Hell will they abide.

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:103
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Serve ye what ye will Besides Him." Say: "Truly, those in loss Are those who lose Their own souls And their People On the Day of Judgment: Ah! that is indeed The (real and) evident Loss!

    Surah Az-Zumar, verse 39:15
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    We did aforetime send Apostles before thee: of them There are some whose story We have related to thee, And some whose story We have not related To thee. It was not (Possible) for any apostle To bring a Sign except By the leave of God: But when the Command Of God issued, The matter was decided In truth and justice, And there perished, There and then, those Who stood on Falsehoods.

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:78
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    But their professing the Faith When they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going To profit them. (Such has been) God's way Of dealing with His servants (From the most ancient times). And even thus did The rejecters of God Perish (utterly)!

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:85
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And thou wilt see them Brought forward to the (Penalty), In a humble frame of mind Because of (their) disgrace, (And) looking with a stealthy Glance. And the Believers Will say: "Those are indeed. In loss. who have given To perdition their own selves And those belonging to them On the Day of Judgment. Behold! Truly the wrong-doers Are in a lasting Penalty!"

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:45
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    To God belongs The dominion of the heavens And the earth, and The Day that the Hour Of Judgment is established,— That Day will the dealers In Falsehood perish!

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:27
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then did they taste The evil result of Their conduct, and the End Of their conduct Was Perdition.

    Surah At-Talaq, verse 65:9
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily Man Is in loss,

    Surah Al-'Asr, verse 103:2