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28 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 326
The Quran root ن ش أ n-sh-’
Words built from the root ن ش أ ([n-sh-’]) appear 28 times in the Quran. The most common is أَنشَأَ, “We produced”, which comes 20 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنشَأَ | ansha’a | We produced · produced you | 20 | |
| نَشْأَة | nash’a | creation · bringing forth | 3 | |
| يُنَشَّؤُا۟ | yunashsha’u۟ | is brought up | 1 | |
| مُنشَآت | munsha’aat | elevated | 1 | |
| إِنشاء | inshaa’ | creation | 1 | |
| مُنشِئ | munshi’ | Producers | 1 | |
| ناشِئَة | naashi’a | rising | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًا وَجَعَلْنَا الْأَنْهَارَ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا آخَرِينَ ٦
وَأَنشَأْنَا wa-anshanā · and We raised
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:6)
وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ ٩٨
أَنشَأَكُم ansha-akum · (has) produced you
And it is He who produced you from one soul and [gave you] a place of dwelling and of storage. We have detailed the signs for a people who understand. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:98)
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ يُنشِئُ النَّشْأَةَ الْآخِرَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٠
النَّشْأَةَ l-nashata · the creation
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allāh will produce the final creation [i.e., development]. Indeed Allāh, over all things, is competent." (Surah Al-'Ankabut, 29:20)
أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ ١٨
يُنَشَّأُ yunasha-u · is brought up
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allāh]? (Surah Az-Zukhruf, 43:18)
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ ٢٤
الْمُنشَآتُ l-munshaātu · elevated
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains. (Surah Ar-Rahman, 55:24)
إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنشَاءً ٣٥
إِنشَاءً inshāan · (into) a creation
Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:35)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 6×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 5×
- Surah Al-An'am · 4×
- Surah Al-'Ankabut · 2×
- Surah An-Najm · 2×
- Surah Hud · 1×
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.