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Arabic root

س-ت-ت

Sin-Ta-Ta

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Sin-Ta-Ta (س-ت-ت) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: sitta (six), sittūna (sixty).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 8 times in 8 verses, across 8 of the 114 suras. The first is in 7:54. The form سِتَّة (six) accounts for 7 of them.

Themes: Numbers, Basics, Numbers Tens

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
سِتَّة
sitta
sixnumeral, A17×Numbers 0-9
سِتُّونَ
sittūna
sixtynumeral, A1Remaining Tens & Compound Numbers

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

In the Quran

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ ۖ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then He established Himself upon the Throne, directing all things. There is no intercessor (with Him) save after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Oh, will ye not remind?

Quran 10:3
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۗ وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. Yet if thou (O Muhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say: This is naught but mere magic.

Quran 11:7
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًا

Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone informed concerning Him!

Quran 25:59

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

A1numeral
سِتَّة
sitta

six

Example
أَسْتَيْقِظُ فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ
astayqiẓu fī as-sāʿati as-sādisati
I wake up at six o'clock
A1numeral
سِتُّونَ
sittūna

sixty

Example
فِي السَّاعَةِ سِتُّونَ دَقِيقَةً
fī as-sāʿati sittūna daqīqatan
There are sixty minutes in an hour
Grammar

Tens (20-90) follow the sound masculine plural pattern ending in -ūna (nominative) / -īna (accusative/genitive). The counted noun is always singular and accusative.

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