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56 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 191
The Quran root ن ه ي n-h-y
Words built from the root ن ه ي ([n-h-y]) appear 56 times in the Quran. The most common is نَهَى, “forbid”, which comes 32 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نَهَى | nahaa | forbid · they were forbidden | 32 | |
| انتَهَى | antahaa | you desist · they cease | 16 | |
| مُنتَهَى | muntahaa | utmost boundary · final goal | 3 | |
| نُهَى | nuhaa | intelligence | 2 | |
| يَتَناهَ | yatanaaha | forbidding each other | 1 | |
| مُنتَهي | muntahy | ones who abstain | 1 | |
| ناهي | naahy | those who forbid | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ١٠٤
وَيَنْهَوْنَ wayanhawna · and forbidding
And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:104)
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ ١١٠
وَتَنْهَوْنَ watanhawna · and forbidding
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:110)
فَإِنِ انتَهَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ١٩٢
انتَهَوْا intahaw · they cease
And if they cease, then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:192)
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
الْمُنتَهَىٰ l-muntahā · (of) the utmost boundary
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary - (Surah An-Najm, 53:14)
كُلُوا وَارْعَوْا أَنْعَامَكُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي النُّهَىٰ ٥٤
النُّهَىٰ l-nuhā · (of) intelligence
Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence. (Surah Taha, 20:54)
كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ ٧٩
يَتَنَاهَوْنَ yatanāhawna · forbidding each other
They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:79)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 5×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 4×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 4×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah An-Nisa · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 3×
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.