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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

WordSay itMeaningTimes
نَهَىnahaaforbid · they were forbidden32
انتَهَىantahaayou desist · they cease16
مُنتَهَىmuntahaautmost boundary · final goal3
نُهَىnuhaaintelligence2
يَتَناهَyatanaahaforbidding each other1
مُنتَهيmuntahyones who abstain1
ناهيnaahythose who forbid1

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)

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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.