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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

WordSay itMeaningTimes
أُمْنِيَّتumniyyatwishful thinking · desire6
يَتَمَنَّyatamannawish · they wish for it6
تَمَنَّىtamannaahe recited · wished3
يُمْنَىyumnaait is emitted · you emit3
يُمَنِّيyumanniiarouse desires in them · arouses desires in them2
مَناةmanaaManat1
مَنِيّmaniyysemen1

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

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.