ROOT خ س ا
4 verses • 3 derived words
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Lemmas and their derived stems found in the Quran.
خَاسِئ
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Found 4 verses containing words derived from "k h s A".
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ الَّذِیۡنَ اعۡتَدَوۡا مِنۡکُمۡ فِی السَّبۡتِ فَقُلۡنَا لَہُمۡ کُوۡنُوۡا قِرَدَۃً خٰسِئِیۡنَ
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4:48, 155; 7:164; 16:125.
5:61; 7:167.
The word "apes" has been used figuratively meaning that the Israelites became abject and mean like the monkeys, the transformation being not in body or form but in character and spirit. "They were not actually transformed into apes, only their hearts were changed" (Mujahid). "God has used the expression figuratively" (Kathir). Had the Qur’an meant their physical transformation into apes the word Khasi’ah would have been used and not Khasi’in which is used for rational beings. By the use of this word it is intended to point out that just as apes or monkeys are abject and despised animals, similarly the Jews will always remain humiliated in the world and, in spite of their great resources in wealth and education, will never be able to gain any stronghold on the earth; the root meaning of the word signifying abjectness and humiliation as well as grovelling in the dust. See also {764}.
4:48, 155; 7:164; 16:125.
5:61; 7:167.
Important Words:
السبت (the Sabbath) is derived from سبت meaning: (1) he rested.; (2) he cut or broke a thing; (3) he shaved his hair; (4) he observed the Sabbath. The noun سبت (Sabbath) signifies that day of the week which is observed as a sacred day in which no worldly work is done (Aqrab & Mufradat). Among the Jews, Saturday was (and still is) observed as a sacred day which was passed in joyfulness and rest from work as well as in contemplation, sacrifice, holy convocation, etc. (Jew. Enc. under "Sabbath").
قردة (apes) is the plural of القرد (the ape) which is derived from the verb قرد meaning, he clove to the ground; he lay in dust. اقرد means, he was or became abject or mean. القردة means, apes or monkeys (Lane).
خاسئین (despised) is the plural of خاسی which is derived from خسأ. They say خسأالکلب i.e. the dog moved away as a result of being driven away; خسأالرجل الکلب means, the man drove away the dog, despising it. Thus the word is both transitive and intransitive. الخاسی means, one who moves away despised by others or one who is spurned by others (Aqrab). الخاسی of which the plural is خاسئین is a word which, according to the rules of Arabic grammar, is used about rational beings only, the word used with regard to animals being خاسئة.
Commentary:
The verse speaks of the Sabbath and its violation by the Israelites. It is pointed out that God’s covenant made it binding on the Israelites, among other things, to keep the Sabbath (Exod. 20:8-11), i.e. observe Saturday as a sacred day devoted to spiritual joyfulness and holy convocation, etc. but, recalcitrant as usual, some among them violated the sanctity of the Sabbath and did not observe it, which brought on them God’s wrath, disgrace and humiliation (Neh. 13:15-18 & Jer. 17:21-23). The violation of the Sabbath was a great sin, inasmuch as it indicated that the Israelites wanted to remain engrossed in worldly affairs and did not like to pay any heed to religion, not even for a single day out of a whole week.
It is wrong to infer from the word قردة (apes) that the profaners of the Sabbath were actually transformed into apes. The incident has been related by the Quran in two other places (5:61, 62 and 7:167-169) and even a cursory study of these verses would show that these people did not actually turn into apes. The word "apes" has been used figuratively meaning that they became abject and mean, like monkeys, the transformation being not in body or form but in character and spirit.
A further proof of this is to be found in the fact that it is a general rule of Arabic grammar that the suffix ون or ین is added to the plurals of such words as refer to rational beings only. In conformity with this rule, the qualifying word used in the verse about قردة is خاسئین which shows that the قردة (apes) here alludes not to irrational but to rational beings, i.e. human beings who had developed the character of apes. Had the Quran meant their actual transformation into apes, it would have used the form خاسئة and not خاسئین.
Many learned commentators of the past have also held the above view. For instance, Mujahid who is considered to be one of the greatest commentators of the Quran, being one of the تابعین (the immediate successors of the Holy Prophet’sCompanions) says: "They were not actually transformed into apes; only their hearts were changed. God has used the expression figuratively" (Kathir). Other eminent authorities have also held the same view, interpreting the words قردة خاسئین (apes despised) as اذلة صاغرین i.e. "abject and humiliated men".
By using the word قردة (apes) about a section of the Jews, God means to point to the fact that just as apes or monkeys are an abject and despised species which, in spite of possessing, in an extraordinary degree, the habit of mimicking or copying others—a habit which, if well directed, should result in progress—ever remain where they are, as if going about in a circle and making no headway at all, similarly the Jews will always remain humiliated in the world, and in spite of wonderful resources in wealth and education will never be able to gain any stronghold on the earth. It is interesting to note that, as explained under Important Words, even in the root meaning of the word قردة there is the sense of abjectness and humiliation as well as that of grovelling in the dust. And what is still more interesting is the fact that, of all the animals found in the world, the advanced people of the West should think of man having descended from the ape.
c
4:48, 155; 7:164; 16:125.
d
5:61; 7:167.
3
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a
4:48, 155; 7:164; 16:125.
b
5:61; 7:167.
72
Important Words:
السبت (the Sabbath) is derived from سبت meaning: (1) he rested.; (2) he cut or broke a thing; (3) he shaved his hair; (4) he observed the Sabbath. The noun سبت (Sabbath) signifies that day of the week which is observed as a sacred day in which no worldly work is done (Aqrab & Mufradat). Among the Jews, Saturday was (and still is) observed as a sacred day which was passed in joyfulness and rest from work as well as in contemplation, sacrifice, holy convocation, etc. (Jew. Enc. under "Sabbath").
قردة (apes) is the plural of القرد (the ape) which is derived from the verb قرد meaning, he clove to the ground; he lay in dust. اقرد means, he was or became abject or mean. القردة means, apes or monkeys (Lane).
خاسئین (despised) is the plural of خاسی which is derived from خسأ. They say خسأالکلب i.e. the dog moved away as a result of being driven away; خسأالرجل الکلب means, the man drove away the dog, despising it. Thus the word is both transitive and intransitive. الخاسی means, one who moves away despised by others or one who is spurned by others (Aqrab). الخاسی of which the plural is خاسئین is a word which, according to the rules of Arabic grammar, is used about rational beings only, the word used with regard to animals being خاسئة.
Commentary:
The verse speaks of the Sabbath and its violation by the Israelites. It is pointed out that God’s covenant made it binding on the Israelites, among other things, to keep the Sabbath (Exod. 20:8-11), i.e. observe Saturday as a sacred day devoted to spiritual joyfulness and holy convocation, etc. but, recalcitrant as usual, some among them violated the sanctity of the Sabbath and did not observe it, which brought on them God’s wrath, disgrace and humiliation (Neh. 13:15-18 & Jer. 17:21-23). The violation of the Sabbath was a great sin, inasmuch as it indicated that the Israelites wanted to remain engrossed in worldly affairs and did not like to pay any heed to religion, not even for a single day out of a whole week.
It is wrong to infer from the word قردة (apes) that the profaners of the Sabbath were actually transformed into apes. The incident has been related by the Quran in two other places (5:61, 62 and 7:167-169) and even a cursory study of these verses would show that these people did not actually turn into apes. The word "apes" has been used figuratively meaning that they became abject and mean, like monkeys, the transformation being not in body or form but in character and spirit.
A further proof of this is to be found in the fact that it is a general rule of Arabic grammar that the suffix ون or ین is added to the plurals of such words as refer to rational beings only. In conformity with this rule, the qualifying word used in the verse about قردة is خاسئین which shows that the قردة (apes) here alludes not to irrational but to rational beings, i.e. human beings who had developed the character of apes. Had the Quran meant their actual transformation into apes, it would have used the form خاسئة and not خاسئین.
Many learned commentators of the past have also held the above view. For instance, Mujahid who is considered to be one of the greatest commentators of the Quran, being one of the تابعین (the immediate successors of the Holy Prophet’sCompanions) says: "They were not actually transformed into apes; only their hearts were changed. God has used the expression figuratively" (Kathir). Other eminent authorities have also held the same view, interpreting the words قردة خاسئین (apes despised) as اذلة صاغرین i.e. "abject and humiliated men".
By using the word قردة (apes) about a section of the Jews, God means to point to the fact that just as apes or monkeys are an abject and despised species which, in spite of possessing, in an extraordinary degree, the habit of mimicking or copying others—a habit which, if well directed, should result in progress—ever remain where they are, as if going about in a circle and making no headway at all, similarly the Jews will always remain humiliated in the world, and in spite of wonderful resources in wealth and education will never be able to gain any stronghold on the earth. It is interesting to note that, as explained under Important Words, even in the root meaning of the word قردة there is the sense of abjectness and humiliation as well as that of grovelling in the dust. And what is still more interesting is the fact that, of all the animals found in the world, the advanced people of the West should think of man having descended from the ape.
a
4:48, 155; 7:164; 16:125.
b
5:61; 7:167.
107
The word "apes" has been used figuratively meaning that the Israelites became abject and mean like the monkeys, the transformation being not in body or form but in character and spirit. "They were not actually transformed into apes, only their hearts were changed" (Mujahid). "God has used the expression figuratively" (Kathir). Had the Qur’an meant their physical transformation into apes the word Khasi’ah would have been used and not Khasi’in which is used for rational beings. By the use of this word it is intended to point out that just as apes or monkeys are abject and despised animals, similarly the Jews will always remain humiliated in the world and, in spite of their great resources in wealth and education, will never be able to gain any stronghold on the earth; the root meaning of the word signifying abjectness and humiliation as well as grovelling in the dust. See also {764}.
فَلَمَّا عَتَوۡا عَنۡ مَّا نُہُوۡا عَنۡہُ قُلۡنَا لَہُمۡ کُوۡنُوۡا قِرَدَۃً خٰسِئِیۡنَ
2:66; 5:61.
بندر ہو جاؤ سے یہ مرادنہیں جیسا کہ مفسرین نے لکھا ہے کہ وہ مسخ ہو کر بندر ہو گئے تھے بلکہ مراد یہ ہے کہ دل ناپاک ہو جائیں اور بندروں والی نقالی کی حرکات کرنے لگ جائیں۔ اس جگہ بندر کے لفظ کی صفت وہی رکھی ہے جو انسان کے لئے استعمال کی جاتی ہے جس سے ثابت ہے کہ یہاں اصلی بندر مرادنہیں بلکہ بندر صفت انسان مراد ہے چنانچہ سورہ مائدہ آیت ۶۱و۶۲ میں لکھا ہے کہ یہ یہودی جو بندر بن گئے تھے رسول کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم اور مومنوں کے پاس بھی آتے تھے۔ حالانکہ سب حدیثیں اور تاریخ بتاتی ہے کہ آپ کے پاس بندر صفت یہودی تو ضرور آتے تھے مگر بندر بنے ہوئے یہودی کبھی نہیں آئے تھے۔
b
2:66; 5:61.
3
بندر ہو جاؤ سے یہ مرادنہیں جیسا کہ مفسرین نے لکھا ہے کہ وہ مسخ ہو کر بندر ہو گئے تھے بلکہ مراد یہ ہے کہ دل ناپاک ہو جائیں اور بندروں والی نقالی کی حرکات کرنے لگ جائیں۔ اس جگہ بندر کے لفظ کی صفت وہی رکھی ہے جو انسان کے لئے استعمال کی جاتی ہے جس سے ثابت ہے کہ یہاں اصلی بندر مرادنہیں بلکہ بندر صفت انسان مراد ہے چنانچہ سورہ مائدہ آیت ۶۱و۶۲ میں لکھا ہے کہ یہ یہودی جو بندر بن گئے تھے رسول کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم اور مومنوں کے پاس بھی آتے تھے۔ حالانکہ سب حدیثیں اور تاریخ بتاتی ہے کہ آپ کے پاس بندر صفت یہودی تو ضرور آتے تھے مگر بندر بنے ہوئے یہودی کبھی نہیں آئے تھے۔
a
2:66; 5:61.
1056
Commentary:
The expression, Be ye apes despised, explains the "severe punishment" mentioned in the previous verse. See also 2:66.
b
2:66; 5:61.
1065
See {107}.
قَالَ اخۡسَـُٔوۡا فِیۡہَا وَلَا تُکَلِّمُوۡنِ
ترجمہ میں ضمیر کی بجائے ظاہر اسم استعمال کیا گیا ہے۔
On the Judgment Day the despisers and deniers of God’s Messengers will be dragged into Hell, hated and despised. They will not be allowed to offer an explanation of the wicked deeds they would have committed in their lives, God being fully conversant with their actions.
Important Words:
اخسئوا (away with you despised) is derived from خسأ which means, he was or became vile and despised and hated. They say خسأ الکلب i.e. he drove away the dog. خسأ البصر means, the sight was or became dazzled or confused, or dim. خاسئی means, despised or hated; confused, dazzled or dim (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The despisers and haters of God’s Messengers will be dragged into Hellfire hated and despised and will not be allowed to offer an explanation of the wicked deeds they would have committed in their lives, God being fully conversant with their doings.
2
ترجمہ میں ضمیر کی بجائے ظاہر اسم استعمال کیا گیا ہے۔
2583
Important Words:
اخسئوا (away with you despised) is derived from خسأ which means, he was or became vile and despised and hated. They say خسأ الکلب i.e. he drove away the dog. خسأ البصر means, the sight was or became dazzled or confused, or dim. خاسئی means, despised or hated; confused, dazzled or dim (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The despisers and haters of God’s Messengers will be dragged into Hellfire hated and despised and will not be allowed to offer an explanation of the wicked deeds they would have committed in their lives, God being fully conversant with their doings.
2019
On the Judgment Day the despisers and deniers of God’s Messengers will be dragged into Hell, hated and despised. They will not be allowed to offer an explanation of the wicked deeds they would have committed in their lives, God being fully conversant with their actions.
ثُمَّ ارۡجِعِ الۡبَصَرَ کَرَّتَیۡنِ یَنۡقَلِبۡ اِلَیۡکَ الۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَّہُوَ حَسِیۡرٌ
安拉的创造真是神奇。太阳系广漠无边, 变化多端 而又井然有序--------我们的地球仅是其中的一个小小的分子--------但太阳系还只是数以万万计的星系里面的一个, 其中有些要比太阳系大得无法计算, 然而各种难以胜数的星辰、太阳彼此的排列和分布处处都呈现出美与和谐。宇宙间无处不在的秩序一般肉眼都能看到, 这种秩序超越了训练有素的视力, 即使这种视力得到了科学和艺术所能发明的种种仪器和装备的帮助。
Wonderful indeed is God’s creation. The solar system of which our earth is but a small member is vast, varied and orderly and yet it is but one of hundreds of millions of systems, some of which are incalculably larger than it, yet the countless millions of suns and stars are so arranged and distributed in relation to one another as to produce everywhere harmony and beauty. The order that covers and pervades the universe is obvious to the ordinary naked eye and is spread far beyond the range of disciplined vision, assisted by all the instruments and appliances which science and art have been able to invent.
Important Words:
خاسئا (confused) is derived from خسأ which means, he was or became vile, despised and hated. خاسأ الرجل الکلب means, the man drove away the dog. خسأ البصر means, the eyesight became dazzled or confused and dim. خاسیء when applied to a dog or a swine means, driven away and repelled, and when applied to a man means, contemptible, despicable, vile or confused; and when applied to the eyesight means, dazzled or confused and dim (Lane).
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安拉的创造真是神奇。太阳系广漠无边, 变化多端 而又井然有序--------我们的地球仅是其中的一个小小的分子--------但太阳系还只是数以万万计的星系里面的一个, 其中有些要比太阳系大得无法计算, 然而各种难以胜数的星辰、太阳彼此的排列和分布处处都呈现出美与和谐。宇宙间无处不在的秩序一般肉眼都能看到, 这种秩序超越了训练有素的视力, 即使这种视力得到了科学和艺术所能发明的种种仪器和装备的帮助。
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Important Words:
خاسئا (confused) is derived from خسأ which means, he was or became vile, despised and hated. خاسأ الرجل الکلب means, the man drove away the dog. خسأ البصر means, the eyesight became dazzled or confused and dim. خاسیء when applied to a dog or a swine means, driven away and repelled, and when applied to a man means, contemptible, despicable, vile or confused; and when applied to the eyesight means, dazzled or confused and dim (Lane).
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Wonderful indeed is God’s creation. The solar system of which our earth is but a small member is vast, varied and orderly and yet it is but one of hundreds of millions of systems, some of which are incalculably larger than it, yet the countless millions of suns and stars are so arranged and distributed in relation to one another as to produce everywhere harmony and beauty. The order that covers and pervades the universe is obvious to the ordinary naked eye and is spread far beyond the range of disciplined vision, assisted by all the instruments and appliances which science and art have been able to invent.