Home Quran Quran roots ن ظ ر
129 times in the Quran · 10 word forms · rank 84
The Quran root ن ظ ر n-ẓ-r
Words built from the root ن ظ ر ([n-ẓ-r]) appear 129 times in the Quran. The most common is نَظَرَ, “see”, which comes 87 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نَظَرَ | naẓara | see · look | 87 | |
| يُنظَرُ | yunẓaru | Give me respite · will be reprieved | 12 | |
| يَنتَظِرُ | yantaẓiru | Wait · they wait | 8 | |
| مُنتَظِر | muntaẓir | ones who wait · those who wait | 6 | |
| مُنظَر | munẓar | ones given respite · given respite | 6 | |
| ناظِر | naaẓir | observers · those who see ' | 5 | |
| ناظِرَة | naaẓira | see · looking | 2 | |
| نَظِرَة | naẓira | postponement | 1 | |
| نَظْرَة | naẓra | glance | 1 | |
| نَظَر | naẓar | look | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٠
تَنظُرُونَ tanẓurūna · (were) looking
And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:50)
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٥
تَنظُرُونَ tanẓurūna · (were) looking
And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:55)
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ١٦٢
يُنظَرُونَ yunẓarūna · will be reprieved
Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:162)
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا قُلِ انتَظِرُوا إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ١٥٨
انتَظِرُوا intaẓirū · Wait
Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting." (Surah Al-An'am, 6:158)
قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ أَتُجَادِلُونَنِي فِي أَسْمَاءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ فَانتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُنتَظِرِينَ ٧١
الْمُنتَظِرِينَ l-muntaẓirīna · the ones who wait
[Hūd] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:71)
قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ ١٥
الْمُنظَرِينَ l-munẓarīna · the ones given respite
[Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:15)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 15×
- Surah Yunus · 11×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 10×
- Surah Al-An'am · 9×
- Surah An-Naml · 8×
- Surah As-Saffat · 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.