Quranic root
سخط
s · kh · ṭ
A semantic field of displeasure and wrath: rejection or dissatisfaction intensifying into anger, and, in divine usage, punitive wrath.
The attested range extends from ordinary dislike and discontent to anger; divine wrath is understood as the infliction of punishment. The derived causative denotes making another angry, while related nouns name the state, its causes, and its objects.
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- Quran-attested forms
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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.
سَخِطَ
sakhiṭa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 2 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.
To be displeased with, resent, or become angry with someone or something.
The construction may take عَلَى or a direct object; the sense covers both ordinary dissatisfaction and stronger anger.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 9:58word 16
“(are) enraged”
Of God, to be wrathful toward someone and inflict or threaten punishment.
In the Quranic divine construction, wrath is understood as having a punitive realization rather than merely expressing human-like displeasure.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 5:80word 13
“became angry”
أَسْخَطَ
ʾaskhaṭa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form IV
- Form
- IV
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
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To anger or make someone displeased.
A transitive causative construction; in the Quran it describes an action that angered God.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 47:28word 5
“angered”
سَخَطٌ
sakhaṭun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
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Severe wrath or anger that entails punishment; divine wrath.
The Quranic occurrence refers to the punitive wrath of God.
- Lane · entry 40544
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:162word 7
“on (himself) wrath”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:162بِسَخَطٍۢon (himself) wrath
- 5:80سَخِطَbecame angry
- 9:58يَسْخَطُونَ(are) enraged
- 47:28أَسْخَطَangered
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 7 Classical meanings
سَخِطَ
To regard a gift or allotment as insufficient and show dissatisfaction with it.
A specialized transitive construction applied to a gift that is judged too little or ineffective.
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سُخْطٌ
Dislike, displeasure, disapprobation, discontent, or anger; the opposite of رضًى.
A noun for the general state of disapproval or anger, broader than the specifically divine punitive use attested for the Quranic noun.
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سَاخِطٌ
Displeased, discontented, or angry.
Active-participial description of one who is in a state of displeasure or anger.
- Lane · entry 40547
مَسْخَطَةٌ
A cause, means, or occasion of dislike, displeasure, disapprobation, discontent, or anger.
Names something that provokes or occasions displeasure or anger.
- Lane · entry 40549
مَسْخُوطٌ
Disliked, disapproved of, or hated; an object of anger.
The participle may be applied to an unacceptable or rejected gift as well as to other objects of displeasure.
- Lane · entry 40550
مَسْخُوطٌ
Transformed or metamorphosed into a worse, fouler, or uglier shape.
A rare or colloquial extension, reported especially of an image or object regarded as transformed after incurring divine wrath.
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مَسْخُوطٌ
Short or stunted.
A further vulgar application reported alongside the metamorphosed-shape sense; the evidence does not specify the dimension or object involved.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The punitive interpretation is specifically supported for the divine Quranic use; ordinary human occurrences primarily express displeasure or anger.