م ن ي Root m-n-y in the Qur’an 22 occurrences in 19 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

أُمْنِيَّت 6 times

• 2:78 · Al-Baqarahأَمَانِىَّ wishful thinkingAnd among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
• 2:111 · Al-Baqarahأَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗ (is) their wishful thinkingAnd they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking, Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
• 4:123 · An-Nisaبِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ by your desireParadise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.
• 4:123 · An-Nisaأَمَانِىِّ (by the) desireParadise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah a protector or a helper.
• 22:52 · Al-Hajjأُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ his recitationAnd We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
• 57:14 · Al-Hadidٱلْأَمَانِىُّ the wishful thinkingThe hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allah. And the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.

يَتَمَنَّ 6 times

• 2:94 · Al-Baqarahفَتَمَنَّوُا۟ then wishSay, [O Muhammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allah is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful.
• 2:95 · Al-Baqarahيَتَمَنَّوْهُ they wish for itBut they will never wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
• 3:143 · Ali 'Imranتَمَنَّوْنَ wishAnd you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.
• 4:32 · An-Nisaتَتَمَنَّوْا۟ covetAnd do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing.
• 62:6 · Al-Jumu'ahفَتَمَنَّوُا۟ then wishSay, "O you who are Jews, if you claim that you are allies of Allah, excluding the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful."
• 62:7 · Al-Jumu'ahيَتَمَنَّوْنَهُۥٓ they will wish for itBut they will not wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

تَمَنَّى 3 times

• 22:52 · Al-Hajjتَمَنَّىٰٓ he recitedAnd We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
• 28:82 · Al-Qasasتَمَنَّوْا۟ (had) wishedAnd those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
• 53:24 · An-Najmتَمَنَّىٰ he wishesOr is there for man whatever he wishes?

يُمْنَى 3 times

• 53:46 · An-Najmتُمْنَىٰ it is emittedFrom a sperm-drop when it is emitted
• 56:58 · Al-Waqi'ahتُمْنُونَ you emitHave you seen that which you emit?
• 75:37 · Al-Qiyamahيُمْنَىٰ emittedHad he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

يُمَنِّي 2 times

• 4:119 · An-Nisaوَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ and surely arouse desires in themAnd I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah." And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss.
• 4:120 · An-Nisaوَيُمَنِّيهِمْ ۖ and arouses desires in themSatan promises them and arouses desire in them. But Satan does not promise them except delusion.

مَناة 1 time

• 53:20 · An-Najmوَمَنَوٰةَ And ManatAnd Manat, the third - the other one?

مَنِيّ 1 time

• 75:37 · Al-Qiyamahمَّنِىٍّۢ semenHad he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.