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ط ي ن Root ṭ-y-n in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Occurrences
12
Verses
12
Surahs
11 of 114
Words
1

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 ط ي ن (ṭ-y-n) gives 1 word. It appears most in Sad (2), Ali 'Imran (1), Al-Ma'idah (1).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
طِينnoun12clay, [the] clay

طِين 12 times

  • 3:49 · Ali 'Imranٱلطِّينِ [the] clayAnd [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'idahٱلطِّينِ the clay[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."
  • 6:2 · Al-An'amطِينٍۢ clayIt is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him; then [still] you are in dispute.
  • 7:12 · Al-A'rafطِينٍۢ clay[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
  • 17:61 · Al-Israطِينًۭا (from) clayAnd [mention] when We said to the angles, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"
  • 23:12 · Al-Mu'minunطِينٍۢ clayAnd certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
  • 28:38 · Al-Qasasٱلطِّينِ the clayAnd Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."
  • 32:7 · As-Sajdahطِينٍۢ clayWho perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.
  • 37:11 · As-Saffatطِينٍۢ a clayThen inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.
  • 38:71 · Sadطِينٍۢ clay[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
  • 38:76 · Sadطِينٍۢ clayHe said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
  • 51:33 · Adh-Dhariyatطِينٍۢ clayTo send down upon them stones of clay,

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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