Concordance
نسف (nsf)
The root نَسَفَ (nasafa) primarily describes the action of wind carrying something away, like dust. It implies scattering or dispersing something lightly, similar to how wind blows things away.
Concordance — 5 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root نسف appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (3 verses)
Ta Ha 20:105
Verb
وَیَسۡءَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ یَنسِفُهَا رَبِّی نَسۡفࣰا ١٠٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast
Abdel Haleem:
They ask you [Prophet] about the mountains: say, ‘[On that Day] my Lord will blast them into dus
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust
Ta Ha 20:97
Verb
قَالَ فَٱذۡهَبۡ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِی ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوۡعِدࣰا لَّن تُخۡلَفَهُۥۖ وَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰۤ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِی ظَلۡتَ عَلَیۡهِ عَاكِفࣰاۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ نَسۡفًا ٩٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it into the sea with a blast
Abdel Haleem:
Moses said, ‘Get away from here! Your lot in this life is to say, “Do not touch me,” but you have an appointment from which there is no escape. Look at your god which you have kept on worshipping- we shall grind it down and scatter it into the sea
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ١٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And when the mountains are blown awa
Abdel Haleem:
when the mountains are turned to dus
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And when the mountains are blown away
Noun (2 verses)
Ta Ha 20:105
Noun
وَیَسۡءَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ یَنسِفُهَا رَبِّی نَسۡفࣰا ١٠٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast
Abdel Haleem:
They ask you [Prophet] about the mountains: say, ‘[On that Day] my Lord will blast them into dus
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust
Ta Ha 20:97
Noun
قَالَ فَٱذۡهَبۡ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِی ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوۡعِدࣰا لَّن تُخۡلَفَهُۥۖ وَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰۤ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِی ظَلۡتَ عَلَیۡهِ عَاكِفࣰاۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِی ٱلۡیَمِّ نَسۡفًا ٩٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it into the sea with a blast
Abdel Haleem:
Moses said, ‘Get away from here! Your lot in this life is to say, “Do not touch me,” but you have an appointment from which there is no escape. Look at your god which you have kept on worshipping- we shall grind it down and scatter it into the sea
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea