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أَنزَلَ

أنزل in the Quran

Meaning: was revealed

أنزل occurs 183 times in 162 verses across 50 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
183
Verses
162
Surahs
50

أَنزَلَ

Verb · 183 times

Meaning: was revealed · Also translated as: has revealed, revealed, sent down, was sent down

Forms in the Quran

  • أُنزِلَ ×95
  • أَنزَلْنَآ ×25
  • أَنزَلْنَٰهُ ×14
  • وَأَنزَلَ ×12
  • وَأَنزَلْنَا ×12
  • أَنزَلْتُ ×9
  • فَأَنزَلْنَا ×3
  • أَنزَلَهُۥ ×3

Its root in the classical dictionaries

النزول في الأصل هو انحطاط من علو.

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

النون والزاء واللام كلمة صحيحة تدل على هبوط شيء ووقوعه. ونزل عن دابتهنزولا. ونزل المطر من السماء نزولا. والنازلة: الشديدة من شدائد الدهر تنزل. والنزال في الحرب: أن يتنازل الفريقان. ونزال: كلمة توضع موضع انزل. ومكان نزل: ينزل فيه كثيرا. ووجدت القوم على نزلاتهم، أي منازلهم. قاله ابن الأعرابي. والنزل: ما يهيأ للنزيل.…

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root ن ز ل

Verses with أنزل

Verses 1–20 of 162

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    And who believe in the Revelation Sent to thee, And sent before thy time, And (in their hearts) Have the assurance of the Hereafter.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:4
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Who has made the earth your couch, And the heavens your canopy; And sent down rain from the heavens; And brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; Then set not up rivals unto God When ye know (the truth).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:22
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And believe in what I reveal, Confirming the revelation Which is with you, And be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs For a small price; and fear Me, And Me alone.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:41
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We gave you the shade of clouds And sent down to you Manna and quails, saying: "Eat of the good things We have provided for you:" (But they rebelled); To Us they did no harm, But they harmed their own souls.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:57
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    But the transgressors Changed the word from that Which had been given them; So We sent on the transgressors A plague from heaven, For that they infringed (Our command) repeatedly.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:59
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Miserable is the price For which they have sold Their souls, in that they Deny (the revelation) Which God has sent down, In insolent envy that God Of His Grace should send it To any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn On themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment Of those who reject Faith.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:90
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    When it is said to them, "Believe in what God Hath sent down," they say, "We believe in what was sent down To us": yet they reject All besides, even if it be Truth Confirming what is with them. Say: "Why then have ye slain The prophets of God in times Gone by, if ye did indeed Believe?"

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:91
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    We have sent down to thee Manifest Signs (āyāt); And none reject them But those who are perverse.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:99
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    They followed what the evil ones Gave out (falsely) Against the power Of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but The evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things As came down at Babylon To the angels Hārūt and Mārūt. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; So do not blaspheme." They learned from them The means to sow discord Between man and wife. But they could not thus Harm anyone except By God's permission. And they learned what harmed them, Not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers Of (magic) would have No share in the happiness Of the Hereafter. And vile Was the price for which They did sell their souls, If they but knew!

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:102
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say ye: "We believe In God, and the revelation Given to us, and to Abraham, Ismā'īl, Isaac, Jacob, And the Tribes, and that given To Moses and Jesus, and that given To (all) Prophets from their Lord: We make no difference Between one and another of them: And we bow to God (in Islam)."

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:136
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who conceal The clear (Signs) We have Sent down, and the Guidance, After We have made it Clear for the People In the Book,—on them Shall be God's curse, And the curse of those Entitled to curse,—

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:159
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Behold! In the creation Of the heavens and the earth; In the alternation Of the Night and the Day; In the sailing of the ships Through the Ocean For the profit of mankind; In the rain which God Sends down from the skies, And the life which He gives therewith To an earth that is dead; In the beasts of all kinds That He scatters Through the earth; In the change of the winds, And the clouds which they Trail like their slaves Between the sky and the earth;— (Here) indeed are Signs For a people that are wise.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:164
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    When it is said to them: "Follow what God hath revealed:" They say: "Nay! we shall follow The ways of our fathers." What! even though their fathers Were void of wisdom and guidance?

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:170
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who conceal God's revelations in the Book, And purchase for them A miserable profit,— They swallow into themselves Naught but Fire; God will not address them On the Day of Resurrection, Nor purify them: Grievous will be Their Penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:174
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ramadhān is the (month) In which was sent down The Qur-ān, as a guide To mankind, also clear (Signs) For guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you Who is present (at his home) During that month Should spend it in fasting, But if any one is ill, Or on a journey, The prescribed period (Should be made up) By days later. God intends every facility For you; He does not want To put you to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete The prescribed period, And to glorify Him In that He has guided you; And perchance ye shall be grateful.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:185
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Mankind was one single nation, And God sent Messengers With glad tidings and warnings; And with them He sent The Book in truth, To judge between people In matters wherein They differed; But the People of the Book, After the clear Signs Came to them, did not differ Among themselves, Except through selfish contumacy. God by His Grace Guided the Believers To the Truth, Concerning that Wherein they differed. For God guides Whom He will To a path That is straight.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:213
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    When ye divorce Women, and they fulfil The term of their (’Iddat), Either take them back On equitable terms Or set them free On equitable terms; But do not take them back To injure them, (or) to take Undue advantage; If any one does that, He wrongs his own soul. Do not treat God's Signs As a jest, But solemnly rehearse God's favours on you, And the fact that He Sent down to you The Book And Wisdom, For your instruction. And fear God, And know that God Is well acquainted With all things.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:231
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Apostle believeth In what hath been revealed To him from his Lord, As do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth In God, His angels, His books, and His apostles. "We make no distinction (they say) Between one and another Of His apostles." And they say: "We hear, and we obey: (We seek) Thy forgiveness, Our Lord, and to Thee Is the end of all journeys."

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:285
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who sent down To thee (step by step), In truth, the Book, Confirming what went before it; And He sent down the Law (Of Moses) and the Gospel (Of Jesus) before this, As a guide to mankind, And He sent down the Criterion (Of judgment between right and wrong).

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:3
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of God Will suffer the severest Penalty, and God Is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:4