نَفْس
Noun · 295 timesMeaning: 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
نَفْس
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.
Meaning: yourselves · Also translated as: themselves, soul, any soul, a man
النفس: الروح في قوله تعالى: أخرجوا أنفسكم
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…
Verses 141–160 of 268
And when they entered In the manner their father Had enjoined, it did not Profit them in the least Against (the Plan of) God: It was but a necessity Of Jacob's soul, which he Discharged. For he was, By Our instruction, full Of knowledge (and experience): But most men know not.
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:68They said: "If he steals, There was a brother of his Who did steal before (him)." But these things did Joseph Keep locked in his heart, Revealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said (to himself): "Ye are the worse situated; And God knoweth best The truth of what ye assert!"
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:77Jacob said: "Nay, but ye Have yourselves contrived A story (good enough) for you. So patience is most fitting (For me). Maybe God will Bring them (back) all To me (in the end). For He is indeed full Of knowledge and wisdom.
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:83For each (such person) There are (angels) in succession, Before and behind him: They guard him by command Of God. Verily never Will God change the condition Of a people until they Change it themselves (With their own souls). But when (once) God willeth A people's punishment, There can be no Turning it back, nor Will they find, besides Him, Any to protect
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:11Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer Of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) God." Say: "Do ye then take (For worship) protectors other Than Him, such as have No power either for good Or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal With those who see? Or the depths of darkness Equal with Light?" Or do they assign to God Partners who have created (Anything) as He has created, So that the creation seemed To them similar? Say: "God is the Creator Of all things: He is The One, the Supreme and Irresistible."
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:16Is then He Who standeth Over every soul (and knoweth) All that it doth, (Like any others)? And yet They ascribe partners to God. Say: "But name them! Is it that ye will Inform Him of something He knoweth not on earth, Or is it (just) a show Of words?" Nay! to those Who believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are Kept back (thereby) from the Path. And those whom God leaves To stray, no one can guide.
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:33Those before them did (also) Devise plots; but in all things The master-planning is God's. He knoweth the doings Of every soul: and soon Will the Unbelievers know Who gets home in the End.
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:42And Satan will say When the matter is decided: "It was God Who gave you A promise of Truth: I too Promised, but I failed In my promise to you. I had no authority over you Except to call you, but ye Listened to me: then Reproach not me, but reproach Your own souls. I cannot listen To your cries, nor can ye Listen to mine. I reject Your former act in associating Me with God. For wrong-doers there must be A grievous Penalty."
Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:22"And ye dwelt in the dwellings Of men who wronged their own Souls; ye were clearly shown How We dealt with them; And We put forth (many) Parables In your behoof!"
Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:45That God may requite Each soul according To its deserts; And verily God is Swift In calling to account.
Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:51And they carry your heavy loads To lands that ye could not (Otherwise) reach except with Souls distressed: for your Lord Is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:7"(Namely) those whose lives the angels Take in a state of wrong-doing To their own souls." Then would they offer submission (With the pretence), "We did No evil (knowingly)." (The angels Will reply), "Nay, but verily God knoweth all that ye did;
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:28Do the (ungodly) wait until The angels come to them, Or there comes the Command Of thy Lord (for their doom)? So did those who went Before them. But God Wronged them not: nay, They wronged their own souls.
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:33And God has made for you Mates (and Companions) of your own nature, And made for you, out of them, Sons and daughters and grandchildren, And provided for you sustenance Of the best: will they Then believe in vain things, And be ungrateful for God's favours?—
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:72One day We shall raise From all Peoples a witness Against them, from amongst themselves: And We shall bring thee As a witness against these (Thy people): and We have sent down To thee the Book explaining All things, a Guide, a Mercy, And Glad Tidings to Muslims.
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:89One Day every soul Will come up struggling For itself, and every soul Will be recompensed (fully) For all its actions, and none Will be unjustly dealt with.
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:111To the Jews We prohibited Such things as We have Mentioned to thee before: We did them no wrong, But they were used to Doing wrong to themselves.
Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:118If ye did well, Ye did well for yourselves; If ye did evil, (Ye did it) against yourselves? So when the second Of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) To disfigure your faces, And to enter your Temple As they had entered it before, And to visit with destruction All that fell into their power.
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:7(It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy soul This day to make out An account against thee."
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:14Who receiveth guidance, Receiveth it for his own Benefit: who goeth astray Doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens Can bear the burden Of another: nor would We Visit with Our Wrath Until We had sent An apostle (to give warning).
Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:15