نطف
n-ṭ-f
The root نطف (nTf) refers to a type of sweetmeat, similar to "qubbayṭā." It's a confection, often sticky or syrupy.
Root
ن-ط-ف
12
Total uses
12
Verses
11
Surahs
2
Forms
Root
ن-ط-ف
Root Meaning
The root نطف (nTf) refers to a type of sweetmeat, similar to "qubbayṭā." It's a confection, often sticky or syrupy.
Derived forms
Surah distribution
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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)
An-Nahl 16:4
He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open opponent
Al-Kahf 18:37
His comrade, when he (thus) spake with him, exclaimed: Disbelievest thou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop (of seed), and then fashioned thee a man
Al-Hajj 22:5
O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo! We have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh shapely and shapeless, that We may make (it) clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants, then (give you growth) that ye attain your full strength. And among you there is he who dieth (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the most abject time of life, so that, after knowledge, he knoweth naught. And thou (Muhammad) seest the earth barren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell and put forth every lovely kind (of growth)
Al-Mu'minun 23:13
Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging
Al-Mu'minun 23:14
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
Ya-Sin 36:77
Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent
Ghafir 40:67
He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand
An-Najm 53:46
From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth
Al-Qiyamah 75:37
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth
Al-Insan 76:2
Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing
🔎 Across the Quran (2)
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابࣲ ثُمَّ مِن ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰ اۚ وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرࣲ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنۡ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرࣱ
Allah created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, then He made you into pairs. No female conceives, nor delivers (a child) except with His knowledge. None is given a long life nor is any diminished in his life but it is written in a Book. Surely that is quite easy for Allah
مِن خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a measure for him