Home Quran Quran roots ن ص ر
158 times in the Quran · 10 word forms · rank 70
The Quran root ن ص ر n-ṣ-r
Words built from the root ن ص ر ([n-ṣ-r]) appear 158 times in the Quran. The most common is نَصَرَ, “will be helped”, which comes 59 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نَصَرَ | naṣara | will be helped · help him | 59 | |
| نَصِير | naṣiir | any helper · helpers | 35 | |
| نَصْر | naṣr | help · victory | 22 | |
| نَصْرانِيّ | naṣraaniyy | Christians · Christian | 15 | |
| ناصِر | naaṣir | helpers · helper | 11 | |
| انتَصَرَ | antaṣara | defend themselves · help themselves | 7 | |
| مُنتَصِر | muntaṣir | supported · those who defend themselves | 4 | |
| اسْتَنصَرَ | astanṣara | they seek your help · sought his help | 2 | |
| مَنصُور | manṣuur | helped · victorious | 2 | |
| تَناصَرُ | tanaaṣaru | you help one another | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ٤٨
يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna · will be helped
And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:48)
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ٨٦
يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna · will be helped
Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:86)
أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ١٠٧
نَصِيرٍ naṣīrin · any helper
Do you not know that to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allāh any protector or any helper? (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:107)
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِن قَبْلِكُم مَّسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَاءُ وَالضَّرَّاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ أَلَا إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ ٢١٤
نَصْرُ naṣru · [will] (the) help
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:214)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ٦٢
وَالنَّصَارَىٰ wal-naṣārā · and the Christians
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:62)
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ ٢٢
نَّاصِرِينَ nāṣirīna · helpers
They are the ones whose deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and for them there will be no helpers. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:22)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 17×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 16×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 9×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 8×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 8×
- Surah An-Nisa · 7×
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.