نفق
n-f-q
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root نفق across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root نفق (nfq) primarily relates to something being in demand, selling well, or becoming brisk, like a market.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
n-f-q
Listen:
وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ
66:9
Root letters:
ن — ف — ق
Word Family Tree (35 forms)
All word forms derived from the root نفق as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Verb 70×
Noun 41×
Concordance — 111 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root نفق appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (57) · Noun (33)
Verb (57 verses — showing first 5)
The Thunder 13:22
Verb
وَٱلَّذِینَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبۡتِغَاۤءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِرࣰّا وَعَلَانِیَةࣰ وَیَدۡرَءُونَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّیِّئَةَ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمۡ عُقۡبَى ٱلدَّارِ ٢٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home
Abraham 14:31
Verb
قُل لِّعِبَادِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ یُقِیمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَیُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ سِرࣰّا وَعَلَانِیَةࣰ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن یَأۡتِیَ یَوۡمࣱ لَّا بَیۡعࣱ فِیهِ وَلَا خِلَـٰلٌ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[O Muhammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange, nor any friendships
The Bee 16:75
Verb
۞ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبۡدࣰا مَّمۡلُوكࣰا لَّا یَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَیۡءࣲ وَمَن رَّزَقۡنَـٰهُ مِنَّا رِزۡقًا حَسَنࣰا فَهُوَ یُنفِقُ مِنۡهُ سِرࣰّا وَجَهۡرًاۖ هَلۡ یَسۡتَوُۥنَۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Allah presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allah ! But most of them do not know
The Cave 18:42
Verb
وَأُحِیطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصۡبَحَ یُقَلِّبُ كَفَّیۡهِ عَلَىٰ مَاۤ أَنفَقَ فِیهَا وَهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُشۡرِكۡ بِرَبِّیۤ أَحَدࣰا ٤٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."
The Pilgrimage 22:35
Verb
ٱلَّذِینَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِینَ عَلَىٰ مَاۤ أَصَابَهُمۡ وَٱلۡمُقِیمِی ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ یُنفِقُونَ ٣٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them
Derived Forms (35)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يُنفِقُونَ | yunfiquwna | Verb | 20× | |
| ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ | lmunafiqiyna | Noun | 15× | |
| تُنفِقُوا۟ | tunfiquwā | Verb | 8× | |
| ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ | lmunafiquwna | Noun | 7× | |
| أَنفَقُوا۟ | ʾaanfaquwā | Verb | 7× | |
| يُنفِقُ | yunfiqu | Verb | 5× | |
| وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ | walmunafiqiyna | Noun | 4× | |
| وَأَنفِقُوا۟ | waʾaanfiquwā | Verb | 4× | |
| وَأَنفَقُوا۟ | waʾaanfaquwā | Verb | 4× | |
| أَنفِقُوا۟ | ʾaanfiquwā | Verb | 4× |