ن ف خ Root n-f-kh in the Qur’an 20 occurrences in 18 verses
- Occurrences
- 20
- Verses
- 18
- Surahs
- 17 of 114
- Words
- 2
Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ن ف خ (n-f-kh) gives 2 words. It appears most in Al-Kahf (2), Az-Zumar (2), Al-Haqqah (2).
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Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
نَفَخَ 19 times
- 3:49 · Ali 'Imranفَأَنفُخُ then I breathAnd [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah. And I cure the blind and the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allah. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.
- 5:110 · Al-Ma'idahفَتَنفُخُ then you breath[The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."
- 6:73 · Al-An'amيُنفَخُ will be blownAnd it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day He says, "Be," and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion [on] the Day the Horn is blown. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Acquainted.
- 15:29 · Al-Hijrوَنَفَخْتُ and [I] breathedAnd when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
- 18:96 · Al-Kahfٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ BlowBring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."
- 18:99 · Al-Kahfوَنُفِخَ and (will be) blownAnd We will leave them that day surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.
- 20:102 · Ta-Haيُنفَخُ will be blownThe Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.
- 21:91 · Al-Anbyaفَنَفَخْنَا so We breathedAnd [mention] the one who guarded her chastity, so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
- 23:101 · Al-Mu'minunنُفِخَ is blownSo when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.
- 27:87 · An-Namlيُنفَخُ will be blownAnd [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allah wills. And all will come to Him humbled.
- 32:9 · As-Sajdahوَنَفَخَ and breathedThen He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul and made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful.
- 36:51 · Ya-Sinوَنُفِخَ And will be blownAnd the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.
- 38:72 · Sadوَنَفَخْتُ and breathedSo when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
- 39:68 · Az-Zumarوَنُفِخَ And (will) be blownAnd the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.
- 39:68 · Az-Zumarنُفِخَ (it will) be blownAnd the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.
- 50:20 · Qafوَنُفِخَ And will be blownAnd the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.
- 66:12 · At-Tahrimفَنَفَخْنَا so We breathedAnd [the example of] Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.
- 69:13 · Al-Haqqahنُفِخَ is blownThen when the Horn is blown with one blast
- 78:18 · An-Nabaيُنفَخُ (in which) shall be blownThe Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes
نَفْخَة 1 time
- 69:13 · Al-Haqqahنَفْخَةٌۭ a blastThen when the Horn is blown with one blast
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.
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