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Quran Maqasid

مَسَّ

مس in the Quran

Meaning: will touch us

مس occurs 58 times in 54 verses across 27 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
58
Verses
54
Surahs
27

مَسَّ

Verb · 56 times

Meaning: will touch us · Also translated as: Touched them, touches you, touched, you have touched

Forms in the Quran

  • مَسَّ ×6
  • مَّسَّهُۥ ×6
  • يَمَسُّهُمُ ×4
  • مَسَّنِىَ ×4
  • مَّسَّتْهُمُ ×3
  • تَمَسُّوهُنَّ ×3
  • يَمْسَسْكَ ×3
  • تَمَسُّوهَا ×3

مَسّ

Noun · 2 times

Meaning: touch

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْمَسِّ ×1
  • مَسَّ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

المس كاللمس لكن اللمس قد يقال لطلب الشيء وإن لم يوجد، كما قال الشاعر:422-وألمسه فلا أجده

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿إذا مسهم طائف﴾ [الأعراف: 201] أي ألم بهم. والمس: مباشرة الجسم، والمس كاللمس، وقد تقدم أن اللمس قد يقال لطلب الشيء وإن لم يوجد، وإليه نحا الشاعر في قوله [من مجزوء الوافر]

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

Verses with مس

Verses 21–40 of 54

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    If God do touch thee With hurt, there is none Can remove it but He: If He do design some benefit For thee, there is none Can keep back His favour: He causeth it to reach Whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth. And He is The Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:107
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    But if We give him a taste Of (Our) favours after Adversity hath touched him, He is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me: Behold! he falls into exultation And pride.

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

    The word came: "O Noah! Come down (from the Ark) With Peace from Us, And Blessing on thee And on some of the Peoples (Who will spring) from those With thee: but (there will be Other) Peoples to whom We Shall grant their pleasures (For a time), but in the end Will a grievous Penalty Reach them from Us."

    Surah Hud, verse 11:48
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And O my people! This she-camel of God is A symbol to you: Leave her to feed On God's (free) earth, And inflict no harm On her, or a swift Penalty Will seize you!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:64
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    And incline not to those Who do wrong, or the Fire Will seize you; and ye have No protectors other than God, Nor shall ye be helped.

    Surah Hud, verse 11:113
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then, when they came (Back) into (Joseph's) presence They said: "O exalted one! Distress has seized us And our family: we have (Now) brought but scanty capital: So pay us full measure, (We pray thee), and treat it As charity to us: for God Doth reward the charitable."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:88
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    There no sense of fatigue Shall touch them, Nor shall they (ever) Be asked to leave.

    Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:48
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "Do ye give me Glad tidings that old age Has seized me? Of what, Then, is your good news?"

    Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:54
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    And ye have no good thing But is from God: and moreover, When ye are touched by distress, Unto Him ye cry with groans;

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:53
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    When distress seizes you At sea, those that ye Call upon—besides Himself— Leave you in the lurch! But when He brings you back Safe to land, ye turn Away (from Him). Most ungrateful Is man!

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:67
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, He turns away and becomes Remote on his side (instead Of coming to Us), and when Evil seizes him he Gives himself up to despair!

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:83
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    She said: "How shall I Have a son, seeing that No man has touched me, And I am not unchaste?"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:20
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    "O my father! I fear Lest a Penalty afflict thee From (God) Most Gracious, So that thou become To Satan a friend."

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:45
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    If but a breath of the Wrath Of thy Lord do touch them, They will then say, "Woe To us! we did wrong indeed!"

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:46
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, "Truly distress has seized me, But Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are Merciful."

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:83
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Were it not for the grace And mercy of God on you, In this world and the Hereafter, A grievous penalty would have Seized you in that ye rushed Glibly into this affair.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:14
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    God is the Light Of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light Is as if there were a Niche And within it a Lamp: The Lamp enclosed in Glass: The glass as it were A brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, An Olive, neither of the East Nor of the West, Whose Oil is well-nigh Luminous, Though fire scarce touched it Light upon Light! God doth guide Whom He will To His Light: God doth set forth Parables For men: and God Doth know all things.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:35
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Touch her not with harm, Lest the Penalty Of a Great Day Seize you."

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:156
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    When trouble touches men, They cry to their Lord, Turning back to Him In repentance: but when He gives them a taste Of Mercy as from Himself, Behold, some of them Pay part-worship to Other god's besides their Lord,—

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:33
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, And then divorce them Before ye have touched them, No period of ’Iddat Have ye to count In respect of them: So give them a present, And set them free In a handsome manner.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:49