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1 word from this root family
Waw-Sin-Waw-Sin (و-س-و-س) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: waswasah (whispering / evil suggestion).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 5 times in 5 verses, across 4 of the 114 suras. The first is in 7:20.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
وَسْوَسَةٌ waswasah | whispering / evil suggestion | noun, B1 | Covenants, Testing, and Forgiveness |
فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِىَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَThen Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.
فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰBut the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?
مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِFrom the evil of the sneaking whisperer,
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).
Feminine noun. Verb: وَسْوَسَ (quadriliteral, to whisper). الوَسْوَاس is also used as a noun meaning 'the whisperer' (Satan). From Surah an-Nās.
Surah an-Nās (114) seeks protection from Satan's whisperings in the hearts of people - one of the two protective surahs recited daily.