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Siin-Qaf-Tay
to fall down, collapse, smitten with remorse, grievously repented, regretted, become confounded and perplexed and unable to see his right course.
saqata
vb. (1) perf. act.
9:49
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ ائْذَنْ لِي وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّي أَلاَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ سَقَطُوا وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَة ٌ بِالْكَافِرِينَ
Wa Minhum Man Yaqūlu A'dhan Lī Wa Lā Taftinnī 'Alā Fī Al-Fitnati Saqaţū Wa 'Inna Jahannama Lamuĥīţatun Bil-Kāfirīna
And from them are those who say: "Grant me leave, and do not test me." But it is in the test that they have indeed fallen, and Hell is surrounding the rejecters.
impf. act.
6:59
وَعِنْدَه ُُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلاَّ هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَة ٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا وَلاَ حَبَّة ٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ رَطْب ٍ وَلاَ يَابِس ٍ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَاب ٍ مُبِين ٍ
Wa `Indahu Mafātiĥu Al-Ghaybi Lā Ya`lamuhā 'Illā Huwa Wa Ya`lamu Mā Fī Al-Barri Wa Al-Baĥri Wa Mā Tasquţu Min Waraqatin 'Illā Ya`lamuhā Wa Lā Ĥabbatin Fī žulumāti Al-'ArĐi Wa Lā Raţbin Wa Lā Yā Bisin 'Illā Fī Kitābin Mubīnin
And with Him are the keys of the unseen, none know them except He. And He knows what is in the land and in the sea; and not a leaf falls except He knows of it; nor a seed in the darkness of the earth; nor anything moist or anything dry; all in a clear record.
perf. pass.
7:149
وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Wa Lammā Suqiţa Fī 'Aydīhim Wa Ra'aw 'Annahum Qad Đallū Qālū La'in Lam Yarĥamnā Rabbunā Wa Yaghfir Lanā Lanakūnanna Mina Al-Khāsirīna
And when they realized what their hands had done, and they saw that they had gone astray, they said: "If our Lord will not have mercy on us and forgive us, then we will be of the losers!"
pcple. act.
52:44
وَإِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطا ً يَقُولُوا سَحَاب ٌ مَرْكُوم ٌ
Wa 'In Yaraw Kisfāan Mina As-Samā'i Sāqiţāan Yaqūlū Saĥābun Markūmun
And if they see a spectacle from the heaven, they will say: Piled clouds!
saqata
vb. (3)impf. act.
19:25
وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبا ً جَنِيّا ً
Wa Huzzī 'Ilayki Bijidh`i An-Nakhlati Tusāqiţ `Alayki Ruţabāan Janīyāan
"And shake the trunk of this palm tree, it will cause ripe dates to fall upon you."
asqata
vb. (4)perf. act.
17:92
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَاءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً أَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةِ قَبِيلا ً
'Aw Tusqiţa As-Samā'a Kamā Za`amta `Alaynā Kisafāan 'Aw Ta'tiya Billāhi Wa Al-Malā'ikati Qabīlāan
"Or that you make the heaven fall upon us in pieces as you claimed, or that you bring God and the angels before us."
34:9
أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ إِنْ نَشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَة ً لِكُلِّ عَبْد ٍ مُنِيب ٍ
'Afalam Yaraw 'Ilá Mā Bayna 'Aydīhim Wa Mā Khalfahum Mina As-Samā'i Wa Al-'ArĐi 'In Nasha' Nakhsif Bihimu Al-'ArĐa 'Aw Nusqiţ `Alayhim Kisafāan Mina As-Samā'i 'Inna Fī Dhālika La'āyatan Likulli `Abdin Munībin
Have they not seen all that is before them and behind them, in the heaven and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them, or cause pieces of the heaven to fall on them. In this is a sign for every obedient servant.
impv.
26:187
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Fa'asqiţ `Alaynā Kisafāan Mina As-Samā'i 'In Kunta Mina Aş-Şādiqīna
"So let pieces from the heaven fall upon us if you are of those who are truthful!"
Hans Wehr
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