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Quran Maqasid

نَخْل

نخل in the Quran

Meaning: and date-palms

نخل occurs 11 times in 11 verses across 9 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
11
Verses
11
Surahs
9

نَخْل

Noun · 11 times

Meaning: and date-palms · Also translated as: date-palms, the date-palm, and the date-palm, with date-palms

Forms in the Quran

  • وَٱلنَّخْلَ ×3
  • ٱلنَّخْلِ ×2
  • وَنَخْلٍ ×2
  • نَخْلٍ ×2
  • بِنَخْلٍ ×1
  • وَنَخْلًا ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

النخل معروف، وقد يستعمل في الواحد والجمع. قال تعالى: كأنهم أعجاز نخل منقعر

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿والنخل﴾ [ق: 10] النخل معروف. وهو اسم جنس يفرق بين واحده وجمعه بالتاء. ويذكر ويؤنث. فمن التذكير قوله ﴿أعجاز نخل منقعر﴾ [القمر: 20] ومن التأنيث ﴿أعجاز نخل خاوية﴾ [الحاقة: 7] ويجمع على نخيل أيضا. ولكرمها عندهم اشتقوا من لفظها ما يدل على اصطفاء الشيء. يقال: نخلت الشيء وانتخلته. ومنه: نخل الدقيق.

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ن خ ل

Verses with نخل

Verses 1–11 of 11

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who sendeth down Rain from the skies: With it We produce Vegetation of all kinds: From some We produce Green (crops), out of which We produce grain, Heaped up (at harvest); Out of the date-palm And its sheaths (or spathes) (Come) clusters of dates Hanging low and near: And (then there are) gardens Of grapes, and olives, And pomegranates, Each similar (in kind) Yet different (in variety): When they begin to bear fruit, Feast your eyes with the fruit And the ripeness thereof. Behold! in these things There are Signs for people Who believe.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:99
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He who produceth Gardens, with trellises And without, and dates, And tilth with produce Of all kinds, and olives And pomegranates, Similar (in kind) And different (in variety): Eat of their fruit In their season, but render The dues that are proper On the day that the harvest Is gathered. But waste not By excess: for God Loveth not the wasters.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:141
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Set forth to them The parable of two men: For one of them We provided Two gardens of grape-vines And surrounded them With date palms; In between the two We placed corn-fields.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:32
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye In Him before I give You permission? Surely This must be your leader, Who has taught you magic! Be sure I will cut off Your hands and feet On opposite sides, and I Will have you crucified On trunks of palm-trees: So shall ye know for certain, Which of us can give The more severe and the more Lasting Punishment!"

    Surah Taha, verse 20:71
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And corn-fields and date palms With spathes near breaking (With the weight of fruit)?

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:148
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    And tall (and stately) Palm-trees, with shoots Of fruit-stalks, piled One over another;—

    Surah Qaf, verse 50:10
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Plucking out men as if They were roots of palm-trees Torn up (from the ground).

    Surah Al-Qamar, verse 54:20
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Therein is fruit And date-palms, producing Spathes (enclosing dates);

    Surah Ar-Rahman, verse 55:11
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    In them will be Fruits, And dates and pomegranates:

    Surah Ar-Rahman, verse 55:68
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    He made it rage Against them seven nights And eight days in succession: So that thou couldst see The (whole) people lying Prostrate in its (path), As if they had been Roots of hollow palm-trees Tumbled down!

    Surah Al-Haqqah, verse 69:7
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    And Olives and Dates,

    Surah 'Abasa, verse 80:29