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نشأ

n-s-h-ā

The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

Root

ن-ش-أ

31

Total uses

29

Verses

16

Surahs

19

Forms

Root

ن-ش-أ

Root Meaning

The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

Derived forms

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-An'am 6:6

وَأَنشَأْنَاMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

See they not how many a generation We destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth more firmly than We have established you, and We shed on them abundant showers from the sky, and made the rivers flow beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and created after them another generation

Al-An'am 6:133

أَنشَأَكُمMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the seed of other folk

Ar-Ra'd 13:12

وَيُنشِئُ

He it is Who showeth you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and raiseth the heavy clouds

Al-Mu'minun 23:14

أَنشَأْنَٰهُMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators

Al-Mu'minun 23:42

أَنشَأْنَاMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

Then after them We brought forth other generations

Al-Qasas 28:45

أَنشَأْنَاMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

But We brought forth generations, and their lives dragged on for them. And thou wast not a dweller in Midian, reciting unto them Our revelations, but We kept sending (messengers to men)

Az-Zukhruf 43:18

يُنَشَّؤُا۟

(Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain

An-Najm 53:47

ٱلنَّشْأَةَMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth

Al-Waqi'ah 56:61

وَنُنشِئَكُمْ

That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not

Al-Waqi'ah 56:72

أَنشَأْتُمْMeaning here: The root نشأ primarily means to originate, grow, or rise up. It signifies the beginning of existence, development, or an upward movement.

Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower

🔎 Across the Quran (19)

Al-An'am 6:98

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ مِّن نَّفۡسࣲ وَٰحِدَةࣲ فَمُسۡتَقَرࣱّ وَمُسۡتَوۡدَعࣱۗ قَدۡ فَصَّلۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمࣲ يَفۡقَهُونَ

It is He Who created you out of a single being, and appointed for each of you a time-limit and a resting place. We have indeed spelled out Our signs for those who can understand

Al-An'am 6:141

۞وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ جَنَّٰتࣲ مَّعۡرُوشَٰتࣲ وَغَيۡرَ مَعۡرُوشَٰتࣲ وَٱلنَّخۡلَ وَٱلزَّرۡعَ مُخۡتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُۥ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَٰبِهࣰ ا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهࣲۚ كُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَءَاتُواْ حَقَّهُۥ يَوۡمَ حَصَادِهِۦۖ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ

It is He Who has brought into being gardens - the trellised and untrellised - and the palm trees, and crops, all varying in taste, and. the olive and pomegranates, all resembling one another and yet so different. Eat of their fruits when they come to fruition and pay His due on the day of harvesting. And do not exceed the proper limits, for He does not love those who exceed the proper limits

Hud 11:61

۞وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحࣰ اۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ هُوَ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱسۡتَعۡمَرَكُمۡ فِيهَا فَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبࣱ مُّجِيبࣱ‏

And to Thamud We sent their brother Sali'h. He said: 'My people! Serve Allah; you have no god other than Him. He brought you into being out of the earth, and has made you dwell in it. So ask Him to forgive you, and do turn towards Him in repentance. Indeed My Lord is near, responsive to prayers

Hud 11:87

قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأۡمُرُكَ أَن نَّتۡرُكَ مَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوۡ أَن نَّفۡعَلَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِنَا مَا إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلۡحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ

They replied: 'O Shu'ayb! Does your Prayer enjoin upon you that we should forsake the deities whom our forefathers worshipped, or that we should give up using our wealth as we please? Do you fancy that you, and only you, are forbearing and right-directed

Al-Anbiya 21:11

وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةࣲ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةࣰ بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

How many a wrong-doing town did We shatter and then raise up another people

Al-Mu'minun 23:19

لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتࣲ مِّن نَّخِيلࣲ وَأَعۡنَٰبࣲ لَّكُمۡ فِيهَا فَوَٰكِهُ كَثِيرَةࣱ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

Then through water We caused gardens of date-palms and vines to grow for you wherein you have an abundance of delicious fruits and from them you derive your livelihood

Al-Mu'minun 23:31

ثُمَّ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Then, after them, We brought forth another generation

Al-Mu'minun 23:78

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ

It is He Who has endowed you with the faculties of hearing and sight and has given you hearts (to think). Scarcely do you give thanks

Ash-Shu'ara 26:4

إِن نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةࣰ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ

If We will, We can send down a Sign to them from heaven, so their necks will be humbled to it

Al-Ankabut 29:20

قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ بَدَأَ ٱلۡخَلۡقَۚ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرࣱ‏

Say: “Go about the earth and see how He created for the first time, and then Allah will recreate life.” Surely, Allah has power over everything

Saba 34:9

أَفَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِن نَخۡسِفۡ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ نُسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ كِسَفࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّكُلِّ عَبۡدࣲ مُّنِيبࣲ‏

Do they not see how the heavens and the earth encompass them from the front and the rear? We could, if We so wished, cause the earth to swallow them or let fragments of the sky fall upon them. Verily there is a Sign in this for every servant (of Allah) who penitently turns to Him

Ya-Sin 36:43

وَإِن نُغۡرِقۡهُمۡ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنقَذُونَ

Should We so wish, We can drown them, and there will be none to heed their cries of distress, nor will they be rescued

Ya-Sin 36:79

قُلۡ يُحۡيِيهَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةࣲۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلۡقٍ عَلِيمٌ

Say: “He Who first brought them into being will quicken them; He knows well about every kind of creation

An-Najm 53:32

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةࣱ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ

on those who avoid grave sins and shameful deeds, even if they may sometimes stumble into lesser offences. Surely your Lord is abounding in His Forgiveness. Very well is He aware of you since He produced you from the earth, and while you were still in your mothers' wombs and not yet born. So do not boastfully claim yourselves to be purified. He fully knows those that are truly Godfearing

Ar-Rahman 55:24

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ

His are the ships, towering on the sea like mountains

Al-Waqi'ah 56:35

إِنَّآ إِنشَآءࣰ‏

and their spouses We shall have brought them into being afresh

Al-Waqi'ah 56:62

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

You are well aware of the first creation; then, do you learn no lesson from it

Al-Mulk 67:23

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ

Say: “He it is Who has brought you into being, and has given you hearing and sight, and has given you hearts to think and understand. How seldom do you give thanks!”

Al-Muzzammil 73:6

إِنَّ ٱلَّيۡلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطۡـࣰٔ ا وَأَقۡوَمُ قِيلًا

Surely getting up at night is the best means of subduing the self and is more suitable for uprightness in speech