ع ص ر ʿ-ṣ-r
أَعْصِرُ
aʿṣiru
(lit., to twist, squeeze juice or water out of); to press juice/oil/wine; rainclouds; whirlwind; passing time.
Definition
- 1أَعْصِرُaʿṣiruto press juice, oil, or wine2
- 2مُعْصِرَاتmuʿṣirātrainclouds1
- 3إِعْصَارiʿṣārwhirlwind1
- 4الْعَصْرal-ʿaṣrpassing time1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 5
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
أَعْصِرُ
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًۭا وَقَالَ ٱلْءَاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًۭا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
One of them said, “I dreamed I was pressing wine.”
12:36draft glosses: 27 of 27
Sense 2
الْمُعْصِرَاتِ
وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا
And We sent down pouring water from rainclouds.
78:14draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 3
إِعْصَارٌ
أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌۭ مِّن نَّخِيلٍۢ وَأَعْنَابٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَلَهُۥ ذُرِّيَّةٌۭ ضُعَفَآءُ فَأَصَابَهَآ إِعْصَارٌۭ فِيهِ نَارٌۭ فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Then a fiery whirlwind hits this garden, burning it all up.
2:266draft glosses: 33 of 35 · 2 pending
Sense 4
الْعَصْرِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَصْرِ
By the passage of time!
103:1draft glosses: 5 of 5
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed