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Quran Maqasid

كَسَبَ

كسب in the Quran

Meaning: it earned

كسب occurs 62 times in 57 verses across 25 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
62
Verses
57
Surahs
25

كَسَبَ

Verb · 62 times

Meaning: it earned · Also translated as: they earned, you have earned, earned, earns

Forms in the Quran

  • كَسَبَتْ ×16
  • كَسَبُوا۟ ×15
  • يَكْسِبُونَ ×14
  • تَكْسِبُونَ ×4
  • كَسَبَ ×3
  • كَسَبْتُمْ ×3
  • تَكْسِبُ ×3
  • يَكْسِبْ ×2

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الكسب: ما يتحراه الإنسان مما فيه اجتلاب نفع، وتحصيل حظ، ككسب المال، وقد يستعمل فيما يظن الإنسان أنه يجلب منفعة، ثم استجلب به مضرة. والكسب يقال فيما أخذه لنفسه ولغيره، ولهذا قد يتعدى إلى مفعولين، فيقال: كسبت فلانا كذا، والاكتساب لا يقال إلا فيما استفدته لنفسك، فكل اكتساب كسب، وليس كل كسب اكتسابا، وذلك نحو: خبز واختبز،…

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الكاف والسين والباء أصل صحيح، وهو يدل على ابتغاء وطلب وإصابة. فالكسب من ذلك. ويقال كسب أهله خيرا، وكسبت الرجل مالا فكسبه. وهذا مما جاء على فعلته ففعل. وكساب: اسم كلبة.

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root ك س ب

Verses with كسب

Verses 1–20 of 57

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then woe to those who write The Book with their own hands, And then say: "This is from God," To traffic with it For a miserable price!— Woe to them for what their hands Do write, and for the gain They make thereby.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:79
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nay, those who seek gain In Evil, and are girt round By their sins, They are Companions of the Fire: Therein shall they abide (For ever).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:81
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    That was a People that hath Passed away. They shall reap The fruit of what they did, And ye of what ye do! Of their merits There is no question in your case!

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:134
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    That was a people that hath Passed away. They shall reap The fruit of what they did, And ye of what ye do! Of their merits There is no question in your case:

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:141
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    To these will be allotted What they have earned; And God is quick in account.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:202
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    God will not Call you to account For thoughtlessness In your oaths, But for the intention In your hearts; And He is Oft-forgiving Most Forbearing.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:225
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Cancel not your charity By reminders of your generosity Or by injury,—like those Who spend their substance To be seen of men, But believe neither In God nor in the Last Day. They are in Parable like a hard, Barren rock, on which Is a little soil: on it Falls heavy rain, Which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing With aught they have earned. And God guideth not Those who reject faith.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:264
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Give of the good things Which ye have (honourably) earned, And of the fruits of the earth Which We have produced For you, and do not even aim At getting anything Which is bad, in order that Out of it ye may give away Something, when ye yourselves Would not receive it Except with closed eyes. And know that God Is Free of all wants, And Worthy of all praise.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:267
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    And fear the Day When ye shall be Brought back to God. Then shall every soul Be paid what it earned, And none shall be Dealt with unjustly.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:281
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    On no soul doth God Place a burden greater Than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, And it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not If we forget or fall Into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou Didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! lay not on us A burden greater than we Have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, And grant us forgiveness, Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those Who stand against Faith"

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:286
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    But how (will they fare) When We gather them together Against a Day about which There is no doubt, And each soul will be paid out Just what it has earned, Without (favour or) injustice?

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:25
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those of you Who turned back On the day the two hosts Met,—it was Satan Who caused them to fail, Because of some (evil) They had done. But God Has blotted out (their fault): For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:155
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    No prophet could (ever) Be false to his trust. If any person is so false, He shall, on the Day Of Judgment, restore What he misappropriated; Then shall every soul Receive its due,— Whatever it earned,— And none shall be Dealt with unjustly.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:161
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Why should ye be Divided into two parties About the Hypocrites? God hath upset them For their (evil) deeds. Would ye guide those Whom God hath thrown Out of the Way? For those Whom God hath thrown Out of the Way, never Shalt thou find the Way.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:88
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And if any one earns Sin, he earns it against His own soul: for God Is full of knowledge and wisdom.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:111
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    But if any one earns A fault or a sin And throws it on to one That is innocent, He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood And a flagrant sin.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:112
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    As to the thief, Male or female, Cut off his or her hands: A punishment by way Of example, from God, For their crime: And God is Exalted in Power.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:38
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And He is God In the heavens And on earth. He knoweth what ye Hide, and what ye reveal, And He knoweth The (recompense) which Ye earn (by your deeds)

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

    Leave alone those Who take their religion To be mere play And amusement, And are deceived By the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) This (truth): that every soul Delivers itself to ruin By its own acts: It will find for itself No protector or intercessor Except God: if it offered Every ransom, (or Reparation), none Will be accepted: such is (The end of) those who Deliver themselves to ruin By their own acts: They will have for drink (Only) boiling water, And for punishment, One most grievous: For they persisted In rejecting God.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:70
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Eschew all sin, Open or secret: Those who earn sin Will get due recompense For their "earnings."

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:120