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خسر

k-h-s-r

The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

Root

خ-س-ر

65

Total uses

60

Verses

35

Surahs

20

Forms

Root

خ-س-ر

Root Meaning

The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

Derived forms

ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ13ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ11خَسِرُوٓاْ8خَسِرَ6خَٰسِرِينَ5لَّخَٰسِرُونَ3خَسَارࣰ3ٱلۡأَخۡسَرُونَ2ٱلۡخُسۡرَانُ2وَخَسِرَ2

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-Baqarah 2:27

ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the earth: Those are they who are the losers

Al-Ma'idah 5:5

ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. Whoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter

Al-An'am 6:31

خَسِرَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

They indeed are losers who deny their meeting with Allah until, when the Hour cometh on them suddenly, they cry: Alas for us, that we neglected it! They bear upon their backs their burdens. Ah, evil is that which they bear

Al-A'raf 7:92

ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

Those who denied Shu'eyb became as though they had not dwelt there. Those who denied Shu'eyb, they were the losers

Yunus 10:45

خَسِرَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

And on the day when He shall gather them together, (when it will seem) as though they had tarried but an hour of the day, recognising one another, those will verily have perished who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided

Yusuf 12:14

لَّخَٰسِرُونَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should have already perished

Al-Mu'minun 23:34

لَّخَٰسِرُونَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely would be losers

Az-Zumar 39:15

ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss

Fussilat 41:25

خَٰسِرِينَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

And We assigned them comrades (in the world), who made their present and their past fairseeming unto them. And the Word concerning nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before them hath effect for them. Lo! they were ever losers

Al-Munafiqun 63:9

ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَMeaning here: The root خسر (khsr) primarily means to lose, suffer loss, or be deceived, often in trade or personal acquisitions like health or intellect. It can also mean to err, go astray, or perish.

O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers

🔎 Across the Quran (50)

Al-Baqarah 2:64

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيۡتُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَۖ فَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ

But even after that you forsook the Covenant: nevertheless Allah did not withhold His grace and mercy from you; otherwise you would have been utterly ruined long before this

Al-Baqarah 2:121

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَتۡلُونَهُۥ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِۦٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦۗ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ

There are those, even among the people of the Scripture, who read the Book as it should be read and believe in it sincerely; as for those who reject it, they are indeed the losers

Aal-Imran 3:85

وَمَن يَبۡتَغِ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ دِينࣰ ا فَلَن يُقۡبَلَ مِنۡهُ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنَ

And whoever seeks a way other than this way a submission (Islam), will find that it will not be accepted from him and in the Life to come he will be among the losers

Aal-Imran 3:149

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تُطِيعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَرُدُّوكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ

Believers! If you follow those who deny the Truth, they will drive you back on your heels, and you will turn about, losers

An-Nisa 4:119

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمۡ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمۡ وَلَأٓمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ وَلَأٓمُرَنَّهُمۡ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلۡقَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ وَلِيࣰّ ا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ خُسۡرَانࣰ ا مُّبِينࣰ ا

and shall lead them astray, and shall engross them in vain desires, and I shall command them and they will cut off the ears of the cattle, and I shall command them and they will disfigure Allah's creation.' He who took Satan rather than Allah for his guardian has indeed suffered a man-ifest loss

Al-Ma'idah 5:21

يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ وَلَا تَرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ

My people! Enter the holy land which Allah has ordained for you; and do not turn back for then you will turn about losers

Al-Ma'idah 5:30

فَطَوَّعَتۡ لَهُۥ نَفۡسُهُۥ قَتۡلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ

At last his evil soul drove him to the murder of his brother, and he killed him, whereby he himself became one of the losers

Al-Ma'idah 5:53

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمَعَكُمۡۚ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ فَأَصۡبَحُواْ

while those who believe will exclaim: 'Are these the self-same people who solemnly swore by Allah that they were with you?' All their acts have gone to waste and now they are the losers

Al-An'am 6:12

قُل لِّمَن مَّا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ قُل لِّلَّهِۚ كَتَبَ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةَۚ لَيَجۡمَعَنَّكُمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِۚ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Ask thern: 'To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth?' Say: 'Everything belongs to Allah.' He has bound Himself to the exercise of mercy (and thus does not chastise you for your disobedience and excesses instantly). Surely He will gather you all together on the Day of Resurrection - the coming of which is beyond doubt; but those who have courted their own ruin are not going to believe

Al-An'am 6:20

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَعۡرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعۡرِفُونَ أَبۡنَآءَهُمُۘ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Those whom We have given the Book will recognize this just as they recognize their own ofspring; but those who have courted their own ruin will not believe

Al-An'am 6:140

قَدۡ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓاْ أَوۡلَٰدَهُمۡ سَفَهَۢا بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمࣲ وَحَرَّمُواْ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفۡتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ

Those who slayed their children in folly, without knowledge,. and forbade the sustenance that Allah has provided them, falsely ascribing that to Allah, are utter losers; they have gone astray, and are certainly not among those guided to the right way

Al-A'raf 7:9

وَمَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظۡلِمُونَ

and those whose scales are light will be the losers, for they, are the ones who have been unjust to Our signs

Al-A'raf 7:23

قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمۡنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمۡ تَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ

Both cried out: 'Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and do not have mercy on us, we shall surely be among the losers

Al-A'raf 7:53

هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأۡوِيلَهُۥۚ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِي تَأۡوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبۡلُ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشۡفَعُواْ لَنَآ أَوۡ نُرَدُّ فَنَعۡمَلَ غَيۡرَ ٱلَّذِي كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُۚ قَدۡ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ

Are they waiting for the fulfilment of its warning? On the Day that warning is fulfilled, those that have neglected it before will say: 'The Messengers of Our Lord did indeed bring forth the truth. Are there any intercessors who will now plead on our behalf? Or, can we be restored to life that we might perform differently from that which we did? ' They surely ended in utter loss, and the lies they had fabricated failed them

Al-A'raf 7:90

وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتُمۡ شُعَيۡبًا إِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰ ا

The elders of his people who disbelieved said: 'Should you follow Shu'ayb, you will be utter losers

Al-A'raf 7:99

أَفَأَمِنُواْ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَلَا يَأۡمَنُ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ

Do they feel secure against the design of Allah None can feel secure against the design of Allah except the utter losers

Al-A'raf 7:149

وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِيٓ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَرَأَوۡاْ أَنَّهُمۡ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ يَرۡحَمۡنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ

And when they were afflicted with remorse and realized that they had fallen into error, they said: 'If our Lord does not have mercy on us and does not pardon us, we shall be among the losers

Al-A'raf 7:178

مَن يَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِيۖ وَمَن يُضۡلِلۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ

He whom Allah guides, he alone is rightly guided; and he whom Allah lets go astray - it is they who are the loser

Al-Anfal 8:37

لِيَمِيزَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِ وَيَجۡعَلَ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ بَعۡضَهُۥ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ فَيَرۡكُمَهُۥ جَمِيعࣰ ا فَيَجۡعَلَهُۥ فِي جَهَنَّمَۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ

so that Allah may separate the bad from the good, and join together all those who are bad into a pile one upon another, and cast them into Hell. They, it is they who are the losers

At-Tawbah 9:69

كَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ أَشَدَّ مِنكُمۡ قُوَّةࣰ وَأَكۡثَرَ أَمۡوَٰلࣰ ا وَأَوۡلَٰدࣰ ا فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعُواْ بِخَلَٰقِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم بِخَلَٰقِكُمۡ كَمَا ٱسۡتَمۡتَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُم بِخَلَٰقِهِمۡ وَخُضۡتُمۡ كَٱلَّذِي خَاضُوٓاْۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ

Your ways are like the ways of those who have gone before you. They were mightier than you in power, and more abundant in riches and children. They enjoyed their lot for a while as you have enjoyed your lot, and you also engaged in idle talk as they did. Their works have come to naught in this world, and in the Hereafter they are surely the losers

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