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21 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 394

The Quran root س ن ن s-n-n

Words built from the root س ن ن ([s-n-n]) appear 21 times in the Quran. The most common is سُنَّة, “way”, which comes 16 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
سُنَّةsunnaway · situations16
مَسْنُونmasnuunaltered3
سِنّsinntooth2

Examples from the Quran

قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٣٧

سُنَنٌ sunanun · situations

Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:137)

يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ٢٦

سُنَنَ sunana · (to) ways

Allāh wants to make clear to you [the lawful from the unlawful] and guide you to the [good] practices of those before you and to accept your repentance. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:26)

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٢٦

مَّسْنُونٍ masnūnin · altered

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud. (Surah Al-Hijr, 15:26)

وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا أَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالْعَيْنَ بِالْعَيْنِ وَالْأَنفَ بِالْأَنفِ وَالْأُذُنَ بِالْأُذُنِ وَالسِّنَّ بِالسِّنِّ وَالْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ ٤٥

وَالسِّنَّ wal-sina · and the tooth

And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:45)

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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.