Home Quran Quran roots ن ذ ر
130 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 82
The Quran root ن ذ ر n-dh-r
Words built from the root ن ذ ر ([n-dh-r]) appear 130 times in the Quran. The most common is نَذِير, “warner”, which comes 58 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نَذِير | nadhiir | warner · warnings | 58 | |
| أَنذَرَ | andhara | warn · that you may warn | 44 | |
| مُنذِر | mundhir | warners · warner | 15 | |
| مُنذَر | mundhar | those who were warned | 5 | |
| نَذَرْ | nadhar | you vow · vowed | 4 | |
| نَذْر | nadhr | vow · vows | 2 | |
| نُذُور | nudhuur | vows | 1 | |
| نُذْر | nudhr | warning | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الْجَحِيمِ ١١٩
وَنَذِيرًا wanadhīran · and (as) a warner
Indeed, We have sent you, [O Muḥammad], with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner, and you will not be asked about the companions of Hellfire. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:119)
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ الرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا مَا جَاءَنَا مِن بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَاءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ١٩
نَذِيرٍ nadhīrin · a warner
O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allāh is over all things competent. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:19)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٦
أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ a-andhartahum · whether you warn them
Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:6)
كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِيمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ فَهَدَى اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِ وَاللَّهُ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ٢١٣
وَمُنذِرِينَ wamundhirīna · and (as) warners
Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allāh sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. And none differed over it [i.e., the Scripture] except those who were given it - after the clear proofs came to them - out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allāh guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allāh guides whom He wills to a straight path. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:213)
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ خَلَائِفَ وَأَغْرَقْنَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنذَرِينَ ٧٣
الْمُنذَرِينَ l-mundharīna · (of) those who were warned
And they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Then see how was the end of those who were warned. (Surah Yunus, 10:73)
وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن نَّفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُم مِّن نَّذْرٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ ٢٧٠
نَذَرْتُم nadhartum · you vow
And whatever you spend of expenditures or make of vows - indeed, Allāh knows of it. And for the wrongdoers there are no helpers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:270)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Qamar · 12×
- Surah Fatir · 7×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 6×
- Surah Al-Ahqaf · 6×
- Surah Ya-Sin · 6×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 5×
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.