وسع
w-s-ʿ
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root وسع across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root وسع (w-s-ʿ) conveys the idea of becoming ample, abundant, or expansive. It describes widening, spreading out, or taking a broad range in affairs, bounty, or even the meaning of words.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
w-s-ʿ
Listen:
سَعَتِهِۦ
65:7
Root letters:
و — س — ع
Word Family Tree (18 forms)
All word forms derived from the root وسع as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 26×
Verb 6×
Concordance — 32 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root وسع appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (23) · Verb (6)
Noun (23 verses — showing first 5)
The Believers 23:62
Noun
وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ وَلَدَیۡنَا كِتَـٰبࣱ یَنطِقُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ لَا یُظۡلَمُونَ ٦٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged
The Light 24:22
Noun
وَلَا یَأۡتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلۡفَضۡلِ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن یُؤۡتُوۤا۟ أُو۟لِی ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَـٰكِینَ وَٱلۡمُهَـٰجِرِینَ فِی سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلۡیَعۡفُوا۟ وَلۡیَصۡفَحُوۤا۟ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن یَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِیمٌ ٢٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allah , and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful
The Light 24:32
Noun
وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلۡأَیَـٰمَىٰ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ مِنۡ عِبَادِكُمۡ وَإِمَاۤىِٕكُمۡۚ إِن یَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَاۤءَ یُغۡنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَ ٰسِعٌ عَلِیمࣱ ٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing
The Spider 29:56
Noun
یَـٰعِبَادِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِنَّ أَرۡضِی وَ ٰسِعَةࣱ فَإِیَّـٰیَ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٥٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me
The Cow 2:115
Noun
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقُ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبُۚ فَأَیۡنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجۡهُ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَ ٰسِعٌ عَلِیمࣱ ١١٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah . Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing
Derived Forms (18)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَٰسِعٌ | wasiʿun | Noun | 7× | |
| وُسْعَهَا | wusʿahaā | Noun | 4× | |
| وَسِعَ | wasiʿa | Verb | 4× | |
| سَعَتِهِۦ | saʿatihi | Noun | 2× | |
| وَٰسِعَةٌ | wasiʿahun | Noun | 2× | |
| سَعَةٍ | saʿahin | Noun | 1× | |
| وَٰسِعُ | wasiʿu | Noun | 1× | |
| لَمُوسِعُونَ | lamuwsiʿuwna | Noun | 1× | |
| وَسِعْتَ | wasiʿta | Verb | 1× | |
| وَٱلسَّعَةِ | walsaʿahi | Noun | 1× |