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Quranic root

قسو

q · s · w

Hardness or solidity, extended from a hard physical object to hardness of the heart.

The lexical orientation moves from physical hardness or solidity to the condition of a heart becoming hard or remaining hard-hearted; مُقَاسَاة denotes dealing with or undergoing that condition.

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Quran-attested forms
4
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.

قَسَا

qasā

Part of speech
Verb · Form I
Form
I
Quran occurrences
3 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To become hard or hardened; of hearts, to become hard-hearted.

    Quranic Form I perfect usage describing a change into hardness of heart.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 2:74word 2

    hardened

    Quran 6:43word 7

    became hardened

    Quran 57:16word 24

    so hardened

قَاسٍ

qāsin

Part of speech
Active participle
Quran occurrences
3 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Hard-hearted or hardened, characterized by hardness of heart.

    Quranic active-participle usage describing hearts as hard or hardened.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 5:13word 7

    hard

    Quran 22:53word 10

    and (are) hardened

    Quran 39:22word 12

    to (those are) hardened

  2. Not pure or not genuine, in the reported variant reading قَسِيَّةً.

    This variant interpretation is attached to the Quranic passage at 5:13 and is explained by comparison with قَسِيّ, a debased silver coin. It is not a separate canonical QAC form or occurrence.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 5:13word 7

    hard

قَسْوَة

qaswah

Part of speech
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.

  1. Hardness of heart.

    Quranic abstract-noun usage describing the hardened condition of hearts.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 2:74word 11

    (in) hardness

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 2:74قَسَتْhardened
  • 2:74قَسْوَةًۭ ۚ(in) hardness
  • 5:13قَـٰسِيَةًۭ ۖhard
  • 6:43قَسَتْbecame hardened
  • 22:53وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِand (are) hardened
View all 7 occurrences

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
  • قَاسٍ

    Physically hard or solid.

    A Classical physical sense, illustrated by a hard stone; distinct from the Quranic description of hearts as hard-hearted.

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  • مُقَاسَاة

    The treatment, undergoing, or grappling with hardness.

    A derived noun denoting dealing with the condition of hardness rather than the condition itself.

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  • قَسِيّ

    A debased or adulterated silver coin.

    A Classical coin term; it also supplies the comparison used for the reported Quranic interpretation “not pure.”

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  • قَسَاوَة

    Solidity or hardness, including the hardness of debased silver.

    A Classical noun for physical hardness or solidity.

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Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The interpretation “not pure” is associated with the reported variant reading قَسِيَّةً at 5:13, not with an additional canonical QAC occurrence.

  • No Lane or Maqayis entries were supplied; the root-level and Classical coverage here is therefore based on the supplied Quran-focused lexical discussion.