ن ي ل Root n-y-l in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 10 verses
- Occurrences
- 12
- Verses
- 10
- Surahs
- 7 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 ي ل (n-y-l) gives 2 words. It appears most in Al-A'raf (3), At-Tawbah (3), Al-Hajj (2).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
يَنالُ 11 times
- 2:124 · Al-Baqarahيَنَالُ reachAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allah] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."
- 3:92 · Ali 'Imranتَنَالُوا۟ will you attainNever will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.
- 5:94 · Al-Ma'idahتَنَالُهُۥٓ can reach itO you who have believed, Allah will surely test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach, that Allah may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment.
- 7:37 · Al-A'rafيَنَالُهُمْ will reach themAnd 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.
- 7:49 · Al-A'rafيَنَالُهُمُ (will) grant them[Allah will say], "Are these the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allah would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O People of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."
- 7:152 · Al-A'rafسَيَنَالُهُمْ will reach themIndeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].
- 9:74 · At-Tawbahيَنَالُوا۟ ۚ they could attainThey swear by Allah that they did not say [anything against the Prophet] while they had said the word of disbelief and disbelieved after their [pretense of] Islam and planned that which they were not to attain. And they were not resentful except [for the fact] that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them of His bounty. So if they repent, it is better for them; but if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And there will not be for them on earth any protector or helper.
- 9:120 · At-Tawbahيَنَالُونَ they inflictIt 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.
- 22:37 · Al-Hajjيَنَالَ reachTheir meat will not reach Allah, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.
- 22:37 · Al-Hajjيَنَالُهُ reaches HimTheir meat will not reach Allah, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.
- 33:25 · Al-Ahzabيَنَالُوا۟ they obtainedAnd Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted in Might.
نَيْل 1 time
- 9:120 · At-Tawbahنَّيْلًا an inflictionIt 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.
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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