Root

ق-ص-ص

qṣṣ·q-s9-s9

30 occurrences25 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
قَصَّqaṣṣa20—
قَصَصqaṣaṣ6—
قِصاصqiṣāṣ4—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ق-ص-ص more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ق-ص-ص falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ق-ص-ص occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 23 of 604 pages (4%)

Densest in juzʾ 12 (5 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 128 pages — pages 477–604, juzʾ 24–30.

Occurrences · 30 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ق-ص-ص appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ق-ص-ص (qṣṣ) occurs 30 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 25 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ق-ص-ص occur?

25 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ق-ص-ص (qṣṣ), out of 30 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ق-ص-ص?

ق-ص-ص (qṣṣ) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently قَصَّ (qaṣṣa, 20×), قَصَص (qaṣaṣ, 6×), and قِصاص (qiṣāṣ, 4×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.