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Quran Maqasid

خَسَفَ

خسف in the Quran

Meaning: He will cause to swallow

خسف occurs 8 times in 8 verses across 7 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
8
Verses
8
Surahs
7

خَسَفَ

Verb · 8 times

Meaning: He will cause to swallow · Also translated as: Allah will cave, Then We caused to swallow up, He would have caused it to swallow us, We caused to swallow

Forms in the Quran

  • يَخْسِفَ ×3
  • فَخَسَفْنَا ×1
  • لَخَسَفَ ×1
  • خَسَفْنَا ×1
  • نَخْسِفْ ×1
  • وَخَسَفَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الخسوف للقمر، والكسوف للشمس ، وقال بعضهم: الكسوف فيهما إذا زال بعض ضوئهما، والخسوف: إذا ذهب كله. ويقال خسفه الله وخسف هو، قال تعالى: فخسفنا به وبداره الأرض [القصص/ 81] ، وقال: لولا أن من الله علينا لخسف بنا [القصص/ 82] ، وفي الحديث: «إن الشمس والقمر آيتان من آيات الله لا يخسفان لموت أحد ولا لحياته» ، وعين خاسفة: إذا…

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿فخسفنا به﴾ [القصص: 81]. الخسف: الخرق: أي فخرقنا الأرض به وجعلناها به مخروقة كما يخرق بالوتد. يقال: خسفه الله وخسف به. وقيل: الخسف: سؤوخ الارض بما عليها. ومنه الخسيف: البئر المحفورة في حجارة يخرج منها ماء كثير. "وسأل العباس رضي الله عنه: ما عين الشعراء؟ فقال: امرؤ القيس سابقهم؛ خسف لهم عين الشعراء" فاستعار…

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

Verses with خسف

Verses 1–8 of 8

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do then those who devise Evil (plots) feel secure That God will not cause the earth to swallow them up, Or that the Wrath will not Seize them from directions They little perceive?—

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:45
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do ye then feel secure That He will not cause you To be swallowed up Beneath the earth When ye are on land, Or that He will not send Against you a violent tornado (With showers of stones) So that ye shall find No one to carry out Your affairs for you?

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:68
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then We caused the earth To swallow up him and His house; and he had not (The least little) party To help him against God, Nor could he defend himself.

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:81
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    And those who had envied His position the day before Began to say on the morrow: "Ah! It is indeed God Who enlarges the provision Or restricts it, to any Of His servants He pleases! Had it not been that God Was gracious to us, He Could have caused the earth To swallow us up! Ah! Those who reject God Will assuredly never prosper."

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:82
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Each one of them We seized For his crime: of them, Against some We sent A violent tornado (with showers Of stones); some were caught By a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth To swallow up; and some We drowned (in the waters): It was not God Who Injured (or oppressed) them: They injured (and oppressed) Their own souls.

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:40
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    See they not what is Before them and behind them, Of the sky and the earth If We wished, We could Cause the earth to swallow Them up, or cause a piece Of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign For every devotee that Turns to God (in repentance).

    Surah Saba, verse 34:9
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven Will not cause you To be swallowed up By the earth when it Shakes (as in an earthquake)?

    Surah Al-Mulk, verse 67:16
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    And the moon is Buried in darkness.

    Surah Al-Qiyamah, verse 75:8