Quranic root
فسر
f · s · r
The root denotes making something clear by revealing, explaining, or elucidating it.
Its central notion of clarification develops into exposition and interpretation of meanings or difficult expressions; related Classical uses extend to explanatory indicators and diagnostic urine.
- Maqāyīs · row 3583
- Lane · entry 34166
- Mufradāt · row 1114
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَفْسِير
tafsīr
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Explanation or exposition that makes a concealed, obscure, or intellectually perceived meaning clear; interpretation of difficult expressions or other material requiring elucidation.
In the Quranic occurrence, the verbal noun denotes explanatory interpretation. The lexical use can concern individual words and unfamiliar expressions as well as broader exposition; Classical discussions sometimes distinguish this explanatory activity from taʾwīl, but that distinction does not require a separate Quranic sense here.
- Lane · entry 34166
- Mufradāt · row 1114
Selected Quran examples
Quran 25:33word 8
“explanation”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 25:33تَفْسِيرًاexplanation
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 4 Classical meanings
تَفْسِير
Interpretation of a dream.
A Classical Arabic application of explanatory interpretation to dreams; it is recorded here separately from the Quranic occurrence.
- Mufradāt · row 1114
تَفْسِرَة
An indicator or explanatory instrument by which the meaning or condition of something is known.
Used for something that reveals or explains a state or condition.
- Lane · entry 34170
فَسْر / تَفْسِرَة
Urine examined diagnostically, especially by its colour, to infer a patient’s disease.
A specialized medical usage of the related infinitival nouns.
- Lane · entry 34166
- Lane · entry 34170
اِسْتَفْسَرَ
To ask someone to explain, expound, or interpret something.
A Form X request construction directed to a person for clarification of a matter.
- Lane · entry 34169
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The packet supplies one Quranic occurrence, تَفْسِيرًا in 25:33; the diagnostic and dream-related applications are broader Classical Arabic uses, not additional Quranic senses.