Home Quran Quran roots م ن ي
22 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 381
The Quran root م ن ي m-n-y
Words built from the root م ن ي ([m-n-y]) appear 22 times in the Quran. The most common is أُمْنِيَّت, “wishful thinking”, which comes 6 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أُمْنِيَّت | umniyyat | wishful thinking · desire | 6 | |
| يَتَمَنَّ | yatamanna | wish · they wish for it | 6 | |
| تَمَنَّى | tamannaa | he recited · wished | 3 | |
| يُمْنَى | yumnaa | it is emitted · you emit | 3 | |
| يُمَنِّي | yumannii | arouse desires in them · arouses desires in them | 2 | |
| مَناة | manaa | Manat | 1 | |
| مَنِيّ | maniyy | semen | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ٧٨
أَمَانِيَّ amāniyya · wishful thinking
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:78)
وَقَالُوا لَن يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ١١١
أَمَانِيُّهُمْ amāniyyuhum · (is) their wishful thinking
And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking. Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:111)
قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ عِندَ اللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٩٤
فَتَمَنَّوُا fatamannawū · then wish
Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allāh is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:94)
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰ أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِ فَيَنسَخُ اللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ٥٢
تَمَنَّىٰ tamannā · he recited
And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allāh abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allāh makes precise His verses. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise. (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:52)
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ ٤٦
تُمْنَىٰ tum'nā · it is emitted
From a sperm-drop when it is emitted (Surah An-Najm, 53:46)
وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ آذَانَ الْأَنْعَامِ وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلِيًّا مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ خُسْرَانًا مُّبِينًا ١١٩
وَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ wala-umanniyannahum · and surely arouse desires in them
And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allāh." And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allāh has certainly sustained a clear loss. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:119)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nisa · 5×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 4×
- Surah An-Najm · 3×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 2×
- Surah Al-Jumu'ah · 2×
- Surah Al-Qiyamah · 2×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.