Root

ك-س-ب

ksb·k-s-b

67 occurrences60 verses2 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
كَسَبَkasaba62—
اكْتَسَبَāktasaba5—

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on ك-س-ب

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form Iفَعَلَ62×

    the base sense, unmarked · interpretive

    • كَسَبَkasaba62
  2. Form VIIIاِفْتَعَلَ5×

    often reflexive — done to or for oneself · interpretive

    • اكْتَسَبَāktasaba5

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ك-س-ب falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ك-س-ب 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 54 of 604 pages (9%)

Densest in juzʾ 24 (7 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 56 pages — pages 352–407, juzʾ 18–21.

Occurrences · 67 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 ك-س-ب appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ك-س-ب (ksb) occurs 67 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 60 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 ك-س-ب occur?

60 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ك-س-ب (ksb), out of 67 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ك-س-ب?

ك-س-ب (ksb) yields 2 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently كَسَبَ (kasaba, 62×) and اكْتَسَبَ (āktasaba, 5×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.