Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
نفد
Parts of Speech
Verb (4×), Noun (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
5 times across 4 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root نفد across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root نَفَدَ (nfd) primarily means to come to an end, be exhausted, or consumed. It can describe provisions running out, property being spent, or a well losing its water.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: n-f-d
Listen: نَّفَادٍ 38:54
Root letters: ن — ف — د

Word Family Tree (5 forms)

All word forms derived from the root نفد as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Verb Noun

Concordance — 5 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root نفد appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Verb (3) · Noun (1)

Verb (3 verses — showing first 5)

The Bee 16:96 Verb
مَا عِندَكُمۡ یَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقࣲۗ وَلَنَجۡزِیَنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ صَبَرُوۤا۟ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٩٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do
The Cave 18:109 Verb
قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ ٱلۡبَحۡرُ مِدَادࣰا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّی لَنَفِدَ ٱلۡبَحۡرُ قَبۡلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّی وَلَوۡ جِئۡنَا بِمِثۡلِهِۦ مَدَدࣰا ۝١٠٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."
Luqman, Lukman 31:27 Verb
وَلَوۡ أَنَّمَا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقۡلَـٰمࣱ وَٱلۡبَحۡرُ یَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡحُرࣲ مَّا نَفِدَتۡ كَلِمَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِیزٌ حَكِیمࣱ ۝٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise

Derived Forms (5)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
نَّفَادٍ nafaādin Noun
نَفِدَتْ nafidat Verb
تَنفَدَ tanfada Verb
لَنَفِدَ lanafida Verb
يَنفَدُ yanfadu Verb