Quran glossary · draft

حسس

perceive through signs

Perceiving or seeking the perceptible trace by which a being, condition, or event becomes known.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: حسس

Lemmas: أحس · تحسس · حسيس

Forms: أَحَسَّ · تَحَسَّسُ · تُحِسُّ · أَحَسُّ · حَسِيسَ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

3:52

فَلَمَّآ أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ قَالَ مَنْ أَنصَارِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَٱشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ

12:87

يَٰبَنِىَّ ٱذْهَبُوا۟ فَتَحَسَّسُوا۟ مِن يُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ وَلَا تَا۟يْـَٔسُوا۟ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يَا۟يْـَٔسُ مِن رَّوْحِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

19:98

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

21:12

فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

21:102

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Form IV marks detection of disbelief, danger, or a surviving presence; Form V commands an active search for news or traces; حَسِيس is an audible trace. The lone Form I battle occurrence instead denotes cutting down or decisively overcoming opponents, with no Quran-internal bridge to perception, so it is isolated as a lexical collision.