ن ط ف Root n-ṭ-f in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Words from this root

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

نُطْفَة 12 times

• 16:4 · An-Nahlنُّطْفَةٍۢ a minute quantity of semenHe created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.
• 18:37 · Al-Kahfنُّطْفَةٍۢ a minute quantity of semenHis companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?
• 22:5 · Al-Hajjنُّطْفَةٍۢ a semen-dropO People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
• 23:13 · Al-Mu'minunنُطْفَةًۭ (as) a semen-dropThen We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging.
• 23:14 · Al-Mu'minunٱلنُّطْفَةَ the semen-dropThen We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.
• 35:11 · Fatirنُّطْفَةٍۢ a semen-dropAnd Allah created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allah is easy.
• 36:77 · Ya-Sinنُّطْفَةٍۢ a semen-dropDoes man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?
• 40:67 · Ghafirنُّطْفَةٍۢ a semen-dropIt is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.
• 53:46 · An-Najmنُّطْفَةٍ a semen-dropFrom a sperm-drop when it is emitted
• 75:37 · Al-Qiyamahنُطْفَةًۭ a semen-dropHad he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
• 76:2 · Al-Insanنُّطْفَةٍ a semen-dropIndeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.
• 80:19 · Abasaنُّطْفَةٍ a semen-dropFrom a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

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.