Discover the meaning of the word TʿS (تعس) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 1 min readAl-ta's: not rising from a fall and collapsing downward.
One says 'ta'isa' when someone stumbles without getting up.
Allah says: 'Misery to them (fa-ta'san lahum)' (Muhammad: 8).
This is an invocation of ruin against the disbelievers, wishing that they never recover from their fall.
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