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نخل

n-k-h-l

The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Root

ن-خ-ل

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16

Surahs

10

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Root

ن-خ-ل

Root Meaning

The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Derived forms

نَّخِيلࣲ4وَٱلنَّخۡلَ3وَنَخۡلࣲ3ٱلنَّخۡلِ2ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ2نَخۡلࣲ2وَنَخِيلࣱ1وَٱلنَّخِيلَ1ٱلنَّخِيلِ1بِنَخۡلࣲ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-Baqarah 2:266

نَّخِيلٍMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Would any of you like to have a garden of palm-trees and vines, with rivers flowing underneath it, with all kinds of fruit for him therein; and old age hath stricken him and he hath feeble offspring; and a fiery whirlwind striketh it and it is (all) consumed by fire. Thus Allah maketh plain His revelations unto you, in order that ye may give thought

Al-An'am 6:141

وَٱلنَّخْلَMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

He it is Who produceth gardens trellised and untrellised, and the date-palm, and crops of divers flavour, and the olive and the pomegranate, like and unlike. Eat ye of the fruit thereof when it fruiteth, and pay the due thereof upon the harvest day, and be not prodigal. Lo! Allah loveth not the prodigals

An-Nahl 16:11

وَٱلنَّخِيلَMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Therewith He causeth crops to grow for you, and the olive and the date-palm and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for people who reflect

Al-Isra 17:91

نَّخِيلٍMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth therein abundantly

Maryam 19:23

ٱلنَّخْلَةِMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten

Ta-Ha 20:71

ٱلنَّخْلِMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

(Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment

Ash-Shu'ara 26:148

وَنَخْلٍMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees

Qaf 50:10

وَٱلنَّخْلَMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters

Ar-Rahman 55:11

وَٱلنَّخْلُMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees

Al-Haqqah 69:7

نَخْلٍMeaning here: The root نخل (nkhl) means to clear, sift, or take the best part of something. It implies a process of selection, choosing the finest or most excellent portion.

Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees

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Al-An'am 6:99

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهُ خَضِرࣰ ا نُّخۡرِجُ مِنۡهُ حَبࣰّ ا مُّتَرَاكِبࣰ ا وَمِنَ مِن طَلۡعِهَا قِنۡوَانࣱ دَانِيَةࣱ وَجَنَّٰتࣲ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَابࣲ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُشۡتَبِهࣰ ا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍۗ ٱنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَيَنۡعِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكُمۡ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يُؤۡمِنُونَ

And it is He Who has sent down water from the heavens, and thereby We have brought vegetation of every kind, and out of this We have brought forth green foliage and then from it close-packed ears of corn, and out of the palm-tree from the sheath of it - thick clustered dates, hanging down with heaviness, and gardens of vines, and the olive tree, and the pomegranate - all resembling one another and yet so different. Behold their fruit when they bear fruit and ripen! Surely, in all this there are signs for those who believe

Ar-Ra'd 13:4

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ قِطَعࣱ مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتࣱ وَجَنَّٰتࣱ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَٰبࣲ وَزَرۡعࣱ صِنۡوَانࣱ وَغَيۡرُ صِنۡوَانࣲ يُسۡقَىٰ بِمَآءࣲ وَٰحِدࣲ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعۡضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ فِي ٱلۡأُكُلِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡقِلُونَ

And on the earth there are many tracts of land neighbouring each other. There are on it vineyards, and sown fields, and date palms: some growing in clusters from one root, some standing alone. They are irrigated by the same water, and yet We make some excel others in taste. Surely there are signs in these for a people who use their reason

An-Nahl 16:67

وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنۡهُ سَكَرࣰ ا وَرِزۡقًا حَسَنًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡقِلُونَ

And out of the fruits of date-palms and grapes you derive intoxicants as well as wholesome sustenance. Surely there is a sign for those who use reason

Al-Kahf 18:32

۞وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلࣰ ا رَّجُلَيۡنِ جَعَلۡنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيۡنِ مِنۡ أَعۡنَٰبࣲ وَحَفَفۡنَٰهُمَا وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمَا زَرۡعࣰ ا

(O Muhammad), propound a parable to them. There were two men of whom We bestowed upon one of the two vineyards, surrounding both of them with date-palms and putting a tillage in between

Maryam 19:25

وَهُزِّيٓ إِلَيۡكِ بِجِذۡعِ تُسَٰقِطۡ عَلَيۡكِ رُطَبࣰ ا جَنِيࣰّ ا

Shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards yourself and fresh and ripe dates shall fall upon you

Al-Mu'minun 23:19

فَأَنشَأۡنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتࣲ مِّن 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

Ya-Sin 36:34

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتࣲ مِّن وَأَعۡنَٰبࣲ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُيُونِ

We made in it gardens of date-palms and vines, and We caused springs to gush forth

Al-Qamar 54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ مُّنقَعِرࣲ‏

which tore people away and hurled them as though they were trunks of uprooted palm-trees

Ar-Rahman 55:68

فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةࣱ وَرُمَّانࣱ‏

Therein will be fruits and dates and pomegranates

Abasa 80:29

وَزَيۡتُونࣰ ا ا

and olives and palms