Arabic root

خ-ش-ع

Kha-Shin-Ayn

1 word from this root family

About this root

Kha-Shin-Ayn (خ-ش-ع) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: khushūʿ (humility / reverence / awe (in worship)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 17 times in 16 verses, across 16 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:45. The form خُشُوعٌ (humility / reverence / awe (in worship)) accounts for 1 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
خُشُوعٌ khushūʿ	humility / reverence / awe (in worship)	noun, B1	1×	Advanced Quranic Vocabulary

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ

Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded,

Quran 2:45

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ۩

They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them.

Quran 17:109

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.

Quran 20:108

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun

خُشُوعٌ

khushūʿ

humility / reverence / awe (in worship)

Example

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

qad aflaḥa al-muʾminūna alladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūn

Certainly the believers have succeeded - those who are humbly reverent during their prayer (23:1-2)

Root: خ-ش-ع Quranic

Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of خَشَعَ (to be humble/reverent). Related: خَاشِعٌ (humble/reverent), خُشُوعٌ (humility). Differs from خَوْفٌ (fear) - khushūʿ combines awe, love, and humility.

Culture

Khushūʿ is considered the soul of prayer. Without inner humility and focus, prayer becomes mere physical movements. It is the first quality of successful believers mentioned in Surah Al-Muʾminūn.