Root

ق-س-س

qss·q-s-s

1 occurrences1 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
قِسِّيسqissīs1—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

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

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ق-س-س 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 1 of 604 pages (0%)

Densest in juzʾ 7 (1 occurrence). The longest stretch without it runs 483 pages — pages 122–604, juzʾ 7–30.

Occurrences · 1 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-س-س appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ق-س-س (qss) occurs 1 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 1 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-س-س occur?

1 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ق-س-س (qss), out of 1 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ق-س-س?

ق-س-س (qss) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently قِسِّيس (qissīs, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.