The triliteral root qāf sīn wāw (ق س و) occurs seven times in the Quran, in three derived forms:
three times as the form I verb qasat (قَسَتْ)
once as the noun qaswat (قَسْوَة)
three times as the active participle qāsiyat (قَٰسِيَة)
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