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Quran Dictionary - ص ن ع

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The triliteral root ṣād nūn ʿayn (ص ن ع) occurs 20 times in the Quran, in five derived forms:

  • 15 times as the form I verb ṣanaʿu (صَنَعُ)
  • once as the form VIII verb iṣ'ṭanaʿ (ٱصْطَنَعْ)
  • twice as the noun ṣun'ʿ (صُنْع)
  • once as the noun ṣanʿat (صَنْعَة)
  • once as the noun maṣāniʿ (مَصَانِع)

The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.

Verb (form I) - to make, to construct, to do

(5:14:25) yaṣnaʿūnado وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ اللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
(5:63:13) yaṣnaʿūnado وَأَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
(7:137:24) yaṣnaʿumake وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ
(11:16:11) ṣanaʿūthey did وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا
(11:37:1) wa-iṣ'naʿiAnd construct وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَاطِبْنِي فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا
(11:38:1) wayaṣnaʿuAnd he was constructing وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ
(13:31:36) ṣanaʿūthey did وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا تُصِيبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ
(16:112:24) yaṣnaʿūnado فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
(20:39:20) walituṣ'naʿaand that you may be brought up وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنِّي وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِي
(20:69:7) ṣanaʿūthey have made وَأَلْقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوا
(20:69:9) ṣanaʿūthey (have) made إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍ
(23:27:4) iṣ'naʿiconstruct فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا
(24:30:15) yaṣnaʿūnathey do إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ
(29:45:21) taṣnaʿūnayou do وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ
(35:8:25) yaṣnaʿūnathey do إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Verb (form VIII) - to choose

(20:41:1) wa-iṣ'ṭanaʿtukaAnd I (have) chosen you وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي

Noun

(18:104:11) ṣun'ʿan(in) work وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
(27:88:9) ṣun'ʿa(The) Work صُنْعَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ إِنَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Noun

(21:80:2) ṣanʿata(the) making وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُمْ مِنْ بَأْسِكُمْ

Noun

(26:129:2) maṣāniʿastrongholds وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

See Also

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