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140 times in the Quran · 9 word forms · rank 78
The Quran root ن ع م n-ʿ-m
Words built from the root ن ع م ([n-ʿ-m]) appear 140 times in the Quran. The most common is نِعْمَة, “Favor”, which comes 50 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نِعْمَة | niʿma | Favor · Grace | 50 | |
| نَعَم | naʿam | cattle · like cattle | 33 | |
| نِعْمَ | niʿma | excellent · best | 18 | |
| أَنْعَمَ | anʿama | I bestowed · favored | 17 | |
| نَعِيم | naʿiim | Delight · Bliss | 17 | |
| نَعْمَة | naʿma | pleasant things · ease | 2 | |
| نَعْماء | naʿmaa’ | favor | 1 | |
| ناعِمَة | naaʿima | joyful | 1 | |
| نَعَّمَ | naʿʿama | favors him | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ ٤٠
نِعْمَتِيَ niʿ'matiya · My Favor
O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:40)
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ ٤٧
نِعْمَتِيَ niʿ'matiya · My Favor
O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [i.e., peoples]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:47)
زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالْبَنِينَ وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ الْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاللَّهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَآبِ ١٤
وَالْأَنْعَامِ wal-anʿāmi · and [the] cattle
Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allāh has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise]. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:14)
إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ٢٧١
فَنِعِمَّا faniʿimmā · then good
If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:271)
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ ٧
أَنْعَمْتَ anʿamta · You have bestowed (Your) Favors
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned [Your] anger or of those who are astray. (Surah Al-Fatihah, 1:7)
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَاهُمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ ٦٥
النَّعِيمِ l-naʿīmi · (of) Bliss
And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allāh, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:65)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah An-Nahl · 13×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 10×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 10×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 7×
- Surah Al-An'am · 6×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 6×
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.