Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
قصر
Parts of Speech
Noun (9×), Verb (2×)
Qur'an Occurrences
11 times across 9 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root قصر across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root قصر (q-ṣ-r) primarily means to be or become short, or to fall short of something. It can describe an arrow missing its target, a person lacking power or ability, or money being insufficient.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: q-ṣ-r
Listen: كَٱلْقَصْرِ 77:32
Root letters: ق — ص — ر

Word Family Tree (9 forms)

All word forms derived from the root قصر as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun Verb

Concordance — 11 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root قصر appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (9) · Verb (2)

Noun (9 verses — showing first 5)

The Pilgrimage 22:45 Noun
فَكَأَیِّن مِّن قَرۡیَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهَا وَهِیَ ظَالِمَةࣱ فَهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئۡرࣲ مُّعَطَّلَةࣲ وَقَصۡرࣲ مَّشِیدٍ ۝٤٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): 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
The Criterion, The Standard 25:10 Noun
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِیۤ إِن شَاۤءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَیۡرࣰا مِّن ذَ ٰلِكَ جَنَّـٰتࣲ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ وَیَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا ۝١٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces
Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers 37:48 Noun
وَعِندَهُمۡ قَـٰصِرَ ٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِینࣱ ۝٤٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes
The Letter Sad 38:52 Noun
۞ وَعِندَهُمۡ قَـٰصِرَ ٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ أَتۡرَابٌ ۝٥٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age
Victory, Conquest 48:27 Noun
لَّقَدۡ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ٱلرُّءۡیَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ لَتَدۡخُلُنَّ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ إِن شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِینَ مُحَلِّقِینَ رُءُوسَكُمۡ وَمُقَصِّرِینَ لَا تَخَافُونَۖ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمۡ تَعۡلَمُوا۟ فَجَعَلَ مِن دُونِ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَتۡحࣰا قَرِیبًا ۝٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Certainly has Allah showed to His Messenger the vision in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-iaram, if Allah 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]

Derived Forms (9)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
قَٰصِرَٰتُ qaṣiratu Noun
كَٱلْقَصْرِ kalqaṣri Noun
مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ maqṣuwratun Noun
وَمُقَصِّرِينَ wamuqaṣiriyna Noun
قُصُورًۢا quṣuwranā Noun
وَقَصْرٍ waqaṣrin Noun
يُقْصِرُونَ yuqṣiruwna Verb
قُصُورًا quṣuwranā Noun
تَقْصُرُوا۟ taqṣuruwā Verb