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20 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 407
The Quran root ص ن ع ṣ-n-ʿ
Words built from the root ص ن ع ([ṣ-n-ʿ]) appear 20 times in the Quran. The most common is صَنَعُ, “do”, which comes 15 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| صَنَعُ | ṣanaʿu | do · they did | 15 | |
| صُنْع | ṣunʿ | work | 2 | |
| اصْطَنَعْ | aṣṭanaʿ | I chosen you | 1 | |
| صَنْعَة | ṣanʿa | making | 1 | |
| مَصانِع | maṣaaniʿ | strongholds | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَىٰ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا حَظًّا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ فَأَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ اللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ ١٤
يَصْنَعُونَ yaṣnaʿūna · do
And from those who say, "We are Christians" We took their covenant; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So We caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh is going to inform them about what they used to do. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:14)
لَوْلَا يَنْهَاهُمُ الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ الْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ ٦٣
يَصْنَعُونَ yaṣnaʿūna · do
Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:63)
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا ١٠٤
صُنْعًا ṣun'ʿan · (in) work
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work." (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:104)
وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي ٤١
وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ wa-iṣ'ṭanaʿtuka · And I (have) chosen you
And I produced you for Myself. (Surah Taha, 20:41)
وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّن بَأْسِكُمْ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَاكِرُونَ ٨٠
صَنْعَةَ ṣanʿata · (the) making
And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful? (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:80)
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ ١٢٩
مَصَانِعَ maṣāniʿa · strongholds
And take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally? (Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 26:129)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Taha · 4×
- Surah Hud · 3×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 2×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 1×
- Surah Ar-Ra'd · 1×
- Surah An-Nahl · 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.