ق ص ر q-s-r
تَقْصُرُوا
taqsuru
(lit., to shorten or limit)
Definition
- 1تَقْصُرُواtaqsuruto shorten, fall short, lower one’s gaze, or be reserved exclusively7
- 2قَصْرqasrpalace or castle, gated and fenced4
Total uses in the Qur’an: 11
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
تَقْصُرُوا · قَصَّرُوا · لَا يُقَصِّرُون · مُقَصِّرِينَ · قَاصِرَاتُ ٱلطَّرْف · مَقْصُورَات
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَن يَفْتِنَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كَانُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا
And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.
4:101draft glosses: 23 of 23
وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ
But their brothers - the devils increase them in error; then they do not stop short.
7:202draft glosses: 7 of 7
لَّقَدْ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ٱلرُّءْيَا بِٱلْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ ٱلْحَرَامَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُءُوسَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا تَخَافُونَ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا۟ فَجَعَلَ مِن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ فَتْحًۭا قَرِيبًا
Certainly has Allah showed to His Messenger the vision in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Haram, if Allah wills, in safety, with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened, not fearing [anyone]. He knew what you did not know and has arranged before that a conquest near [at hand].
48:27draft glosses: 28 of 28
وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ عِينٌۭ
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances, with large, [beautiful] eyes,
37:48draft glosses: 4 of 4
حُورٌۭ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
55:72draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
قَصْر · قُصُور
إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍۢ كَٱلْقَصْرِ
Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,
77:32draft glosses: 4 of 4
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًۭا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا
Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.
25:10draft glosses: 17 of 17
