Morphology Explorer — نفس

nfs

Root analysis: 301 occurrences across 268 verses in the Quran

نفس
nfs
any soul
301
Total Occurrences
268
Verses
79
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Word Breakdown

Root
نفس
Primary Part of Speech
Noun
Morphological Features
NOM|S|F|INDEF
Nominative, Singular, Feminine, Indefinite
English Meaning
any soul
Related Lemmas from This Root
نَفْس يَتَنافَسِ مُتَنافِس

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Noun ×300 Verb ×1

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Word Forms in the Quran 79

أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum 35 أَنفُسِهِمْ aanfusihim 23 نَفْسٍ nafsin 20 أَنفُسَكُمْ aanfusakum 14 أَنفُسِكُمْ aanfusikum 14 نَفْسٌ nafsun 13 نَفْسًا nafsana 13 أَنفُسُهُمْ aanfusuhum 9 نَفْسِهِۦ nafsihi 8 وَأَنفُسِهِمْ waaanfusihim 8 نَّفْسِهِۦ nnafsihi 7 نَّفْسٍ nnafsin 6 نَفْسَهُۥ nafsahu 6 نَفْسِى nafsia 6 لِنَفْسِهِۦ linafsihi 6 ٱلنَّفْسَ lnnafsa 5 بِأَنفُسِهِمْ biaanfusihim 5 نَفْسٍۭ nafsin 5 أَنفُسِهِم aanfusihim 4 فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ falinafsihi 4 لِنَفْسِى linafsia 4 أَنفُسَكُم aanfusakum 3 لِأَنفُسِكُمْ liaanfusikum 3 وَأَنفُسِكُمْ waaanfusikum 3 ٱلْأَنفُسُ laanfusu 3 نَفْسِكَ nafsika 3 أَنفُسُكُمْ aanfusukum 3 لِّنَفْسِهِۦ llinafsihi 3 لِأَنفُسِكُم liaanfusikum 2 بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ biaanfusihinna 2 +49 more

Quranic Concordance 301

Every occurrence of the root نفس in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
2:9 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
2:9 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
2:44 أَنفُسَكُمْ aanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
2:48 نَفْسٌ nafsun any soul Noun Nominative, Singular, Feminine, Indefinite
2:48 نَّفْسٍ nnafsin soul, self Noun Noun
2:54 أَنفُسَكُم aanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
2:54 أَنفُسَكُمْ aanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
2:57 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
2:72 نَفْسًا nafsana soul, self Noun Noun
2:84 أَنفُسَكُم aanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
2:85 أَنفُسَكُمْ aanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
2:87 أَنفُسُكُمُ aanfusukumu soul, self Noun Noun
2:90 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
2:102 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
2:109 أَنفُسِهِم aanfusihim soul, self Noun Noun
2:110 لِأَنفُسِكُم liaanfusikum soul, self Noun Noun
2:123 نَفْسٌ nafsun soul, self Noun Noun
2:123 نَّفْسٍ nnafsin soul, self Noun Noun
2:130 نَفْسَهُۥ nafsahu soul, self Noun Noun
2:155 وَٱلْأَنفُسِ walaanfusi soul, self Noun Noun
2:187 أَنفُسَكُمْ aanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
2:207 نَفْسَهُ nafsahu soul, self Noun Noun
2:223 لِأَنفُسِكُمْ liaanfusikum soul, self Noun Noun
2:228 بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ biaanfusihinna soul, self Noun Noun
2:231 نَفْسَهُۥ nafsahu soul, self Noun Noun
2:233 نَفْسٌ nafsun any soul Noun Nominative, Singular, Feminine, Indefinite
2:234 بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ biaanfusihinna soul, self Noun Noun
2:234 أَنفُسِهِنَّ aanfusihinna soul, self Noun Noun
2:235 أَنفُسِكُمْ aanfusikum soul, self Noun Noun
2:235 أَنفُسِكُمْ aanfusikum soul, self Noun Noun
2:240 أَنفُسِهِنَّ aanfusihinna soul, self Noun Noun
2:265 أَنفُسِهِمْ aanfusihim soul, self Noun Noun
2:272 فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ faliaanfusikum soul, self Noun Noun
2:281 نَفْسٍ nafsin soul, self Noun Noun
2:284 أَنفُسِكُمْ aanfusikum soul, self Noun Noun
2:286 نَفْسًا nafsana soul, self Noun Noun
3:25 نَفْسٍ nafsin soul, self Noun Noun
3:28 نَفْسَهُۥ nafsahu soul, self Noun Noun
3:30 نَفْسٍ nafsin soul, self Noun Noun
3:30 نَفْسَهُۥ nafsahu soul, self Noun Noun
3:61 وَأَنفُسَنَا waaanfusanaa soul, self Noun Noun
3:61 وَأَنفُسَكُمْ waaanfusakum soul, self Noun Noun
3:69 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
3:93 نَفْسِهِۦ nafsihi soul, self Noun Noun
3:117 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
3:117 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
3:135 أَنفُسَهُمْ aanfusahum soul, self Noun Noun
3:145 لِنَفْسٍ linafsin soul, self Noun Noun
3:154 أَنفُسُهُمْ aanfusuhum soul, self Noun Noun
3:154 أَنفُسِهِم aanfusihim soul, self Noun Noun
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