ن ص ب Root n-ṣ-b in the Qur’an 32 occurrences in 29 verses

Words from this root

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

نَصِيب 21 times

• 2:202 · Al-Baqarahنَصِيبٌۭ (is) a shareThose will have a share of what they have earned, and Allah is swift in account.
• 3:23 · Ali 'Imranنَصِيبًۭا a portionDo you not consider, [O Muhammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allah that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.
• 4:7 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ a portionFor men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.
• 4:7 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ a portionFor men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.
• 4:7 · An-Nisaنَصِيبًۭا a portionFor men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.
• 4:32 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ (is) a shareAnd 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.
• 4:32 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ (is) a shareAnd 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.
• 4:33 · An-Nisaنَصِيبَهُمْ ۚ their shareAnd for all, We have made heirs to what is left by parents and relatives. And to those whom your oaths have bound [to you] - give them their share. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, a Witness.
• 4:44 · An-Nisaنَصِيبًۭا a portionHave you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, purchasing error [in exchange for it] and wishing you would lose the way?
• 4:51 · An-Nisaنَصِيبًۭا a portionHave you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in superstition and false objects of worship and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?
• 4:53 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ (is) a shareOr have they a share of dominion? Then [if that were so], they would not give the people [even as much as] the speck on a date seed.
• 4:85 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ a shareWhoever intercedes for a good cause will have a reward therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a burden therefrom. And ever is Allah, over all things, a Keeper.
• 4:118 · An-Nisaنَصِيبًۭا a portionWhom Allah has cursed. For he had said, "I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion.
• 4:141 · An-Nisaنَصِيبٌۭ a chanceThose who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allah, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allah will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].
• 6:136 · Al-An'amنَصِيبًۭا a shareAnd the polytheists assign to Allah from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allah," by their claim, "and this is for our partners [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allah, while what is for Allah - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.
• 7:37 · Al-A'rafنَصِيبُهُم their portionAnd who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until when Our messengers come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allah?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
• 11:109 · Hudنَصِيبَهُمْ their shareSo do not be in doubt, [O Muhammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished.
• 16:56 · An-Nahlنَصِيبًۭا a portionAnd they assign to what they do not know a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allah, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.
• 28:77 · Al-Qasasنَصِيبَكَ your shareBut seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allah has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allah does not like corrupters."
• 40:47 · Ghafirنَصِيبًۭا a portionAnd [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, "Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?"
• 42:20 · Ash-Shuraنَّصِيبٍ shareWhoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest. And whoever desires the harvest of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share.

نَصَب 4 times

• 9:120 · At-Tawbahنَصَبٌۭ fatigueIt was not [proper] for the people of Madinah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allah, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.
• 15:48 · Al-Hijrنَصَبٌۭ fatigueNo fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
• 18:62 · Al-Kahfنَصَبًۭا fatigueSo when they had passed beyond it, [Moses] said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, [much] fatigue."
• 35:35 · Fatirنَصَبٌۭ any fatigueHe who has settled us in the home of duration out of His bounty. There touches us not in it any fatigue, and there touches us not in it weariness [of mind]."

نُصُب 3 times

• 5:3 · Al-Ma'idahٱلنُّصُبِ the stone altarsProhibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:90 · Al-Ma'idahوَٱلْأَنصَابُ and (sacrifices at) altarsO you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
• 70:43 · Al-Ma'arijنُصُبٍۢ a goalThe Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

نُصِبَتْ 2 times

• 88:19 · Al-Ghashiyahنُصِبَتْ they are fixedAnd at the mountains - how they are erected?
• 94:7 · Ash-Sharhفَٱنصَبْ then labor hardSo when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

ناصِبَة 1 time

• 88:3 · Al-Ghashiyahنَّاصِبَةٌۭ exhaustedWorking [hard] and exhausted.

نُصْب 1 time

• 38:41 · Sadبِنُصْبٍۢ with distressAnd remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."

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.