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ن ص ح Root n-ṣ-ḥ in the Qur’an 13 occurrences in 11 verses

Occurrences
13
Verses
11
Surahs
6 of 114
Words
4

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 ص ح (n-ṣ-ḥ) gives 4 words. It appears most in Al-A'raf (6), Hud (2), Al-Qasas (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
ناصِحnoun6sincere advisors, adviser, advisers
نَصَحُverb5[I] advise, [I] advised, advised
نَصُوحadjective1sincere
نُصْحnoun1my advice

ناصِح 6 times

  • 7:21 · Al-A'rafٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ the sincere advisorsAnd he swore [by Allah] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."
  • 7:68 · Al-A'rafنَاصِحٌ an adviser I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.
  • 7:79 · Al-A'rafٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ the advisersAnd he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."
  • 12:11 · Yusufلَنَـٰصِحُونَ surely well-wishersThey said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
  • 28:12 · Al-Qasasنَـٰصِحُونَ (will be) sincereAnd We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"
  • 28:20 · Al-Qasasٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ the sincere advisorsAnd a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."

نَصَحُ 5 times

  • 7:62 · Al-A'rafوَأَنصَحُ and [I] adviseI convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allah what you do not know.
  • 7:79 · Al-A'rafوَنَصَحْتُ and [I] advisedAnd he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."
  • 7:93 · Al-A'rafوَنَصَحْتُ and advisedAnd he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"
  • 9:91 · At-Tawbahنَصَحُوا۟ they (are) sincereThere is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any discomfort when they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger. There is not upon the doers of good any cause [for blame]. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
  • 11:34 · Hudأَنصَحَ [I] adviseAnd my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - If Allah should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

نَصُوح 1 time

  • 66:8 · At-Tahrimنَّصُوحًا sincereO you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."

نُصْح 1 time

  • 11:34 · Hudنُصْحِىٓ my adviceAnd my advice will not benefit you - although I wished to advise you - If Allah should intend to put you in error. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

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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