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نَفْس

نفس in the Quran

Meaning: yourselves

نفس occurs 295 times in 268 verses across 62 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
295
Verses
268
Surahs
62

نَفْس

Noun · 295 times

Meaning: yourselves · Also translated as: themselves, soul, any soul, a man

Forms in the Quran

  • أَنفُسَهُمْ ×72
  • نَفْسٌ ×47
  • أَنفُسَكُمْ ×38
  • نَفْسَهُۥ ×26
  • نَفْسًا ×14
  • وَأَنفُسِهِمْ ×10
  • لِنَفْسِهِۦ ×10
  • نَّفْسِكَ ×9

Its root in the classical dictionaries

النفس: الروح في قوله تعالى: أخرجوا أنفسكم

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿كل نفس ذائقة الموت﴾ [آل عمران: 185] النفس هنا ذات الشيء وجملته، فقيل: المراد بها الروح، والناس مختلفون فيها اختلافا شديدا. قال الراغب: النفس: الروح في قوله تعالى: ﴿أخرجوا أنفسكم﴾ [الأنعام: 93] وقال أهل اللغة: النفس في كلام العرب على وجهين: أحدهما قولك: خرجت نفس فلان، أي روحه، وفي نفسه أن يفعل كذا، أي في…

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

Verses with نفس

Verses 101–120 of 268

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    "But those ye call upon Besides Him, are unable To help you, and indeed To help themselves."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:197
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to remembrance In thy (very) soul, With humility and in reverence, Without loudness in words, In the mornings and evenings; And be not thou Of those who are unheedful.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:205
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Because God will never change The Grace which He hath bestowed On a people until they change What is in their (own) souls: And verily God is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)."

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:53
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who believed, And adopted exile, And fought for the Faith, With their property And their persons, In the cause of God, As well as those Who gave (them) asylum And aid,—these are (all) Friends and protectors, One of another. As to those who believed But came not into exile, Ye owe no duty Of protection to them Until they come into exile; But if they seek Your aid in religion, It is your duty To help them, Except against a people With whom ye have A treaty of mutual alliance. And (remember) God Seeth all that ye do.

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:72
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is not for such As join gods with God, To visit or maintain The mosques of God While they witness Against their own souls To infidelity. The works Of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:17
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who believe, and suffer Exile and strive with might And main, in God's cause, With their goods and their persons, Have the highest rank In the sight of God: They are the people Who will achieve (salvation).

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:20
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    On the Day when heat Will be produced out of That (wealth) in the fire Of Hell, and with it will be Branded their foreheads, Their flanks, and their backs. —"This is the (treasure) which ye Buried for yourselves: taste ye, Then, the (treasures) ye buried!"

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:35
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    The number of months In the sight of God Is twelve (in a year) So ordained by Him The day He created The heavens and the earth; Of them four are sacred: That is the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves Therein, and fight the Pagans All together as they Fight you all together. But know that God Is with those who restrain Themselves.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:36
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Go ye forth, (whether equipped) Lightly or heavily, and strive And struggle, with your goods And your persons, in the Cause Of God. That is best For you, if ye (but) knew.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:41
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    If there had been Immediate gain (in sight), And the journey easy, They would (all) without doubt Have followed thee, but The distance was long, (And weighed) on them. They would indeed swear By God, "If we only could, We should certainly Have come out with you:" They would destroy their own souls; For God doth know That they are certainly lying.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:42
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who believe in God And the Last Day ask thee For no exemption from fighting With their goods and persons. And God knoweth well Those who do their duty.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:44
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Let not their wealth Nor their (following in) sons Dazzle thee: in reality God's Plan is to punish them With these things in this life, And that their souls may perish In their (very) denial of God.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:55
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Hath not the story reached them Of those before them?— The people of Noah, and ’Ād, And Thamūd; the people Of Abraham, the men Of Midian, and the Cities overthrown. To them came their apostles With Clear Signs. It is Not God Who wrongs them, But they wrong their own souls.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:70
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who were left behind (In the Tabūk expedition) Rejoiced in their inaction Behind the back of the Apostle Of God: they hated to strive And fight, with their goods And their persons, in the Cause Of God: they said, "Go not forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell Is fiercer in heat." If Only they could understand!

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:81
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor let their wealth Nor their (following in) sons Dazzle thee: God's Plan Is to punish them With these things in this world, And that their souls may perish In their (very) denial of God.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:85
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    But the Apostle, and those Who believe with him, Strive and fight with their wealth And their persons: for them Are (all) good things: And it is they Who will prosper.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:88
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    God hath purchased of the Believers Their persons and their goods; For theirs (in return) Is the Garden (of Paradise): They fight in His Cause, And slay and are slain: A promise binding on Him In Truth, through the Law, The Gospel, and the Qur-ān: And who is more faithful To his Covenant than God? Then rejoice in the bargain Which ye have concluded: That is the achievement supreme.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:111
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    (He turned in mercy also) To the three who were left Behind; (they felt guilty) To such a degree that the earth Seemed constrained to them, For all its spaciousness, And their (very) Souls seemed Straitened to them, And they perceived that There is no fleeing from God (And no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, That they might repent: For God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:118
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    It was not fitting For the people of Medina And the Bedouin Arabs Of the neighbourhood, to refuse To follow God's Apostle, Nor to prefer their own lives To his: because nothing Could they suffer or do, But was reckoned to their credit As a deed of righteousness,— Whether they suffered thirst, Or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause Of God, or trod paths To raise the ire of the Unbelievers, Or received any injury Whatever from an enemy: For God suffereth not The reward to be lost Of those who do good;—

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:120
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Now hath come unto you An Apostle from amongst Yourselves: it grieves him That ye should perish: Ardently anxious is he Over you: to the Believers Is he most kind and merciful.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:128