Arabic root

ا-م-ن

Alif-Mim-Nun

9 words from this root family

About this root

Alif-Mim-Nun (ا-م-ن) has 9 words in the Fahm dictionary: āmana (he believed), īmān (faith / belief), muʾmin (believer), amānah (trust / trustworthiness / moral responsibility), and 5 more.

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 879 times in 723 verses, across 77 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:3. The form آمَنَ (he believed) accounts for 537 of them.

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Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
آمَنَ āmana	he believed	verb, A1	537×	The Most Frequent Words (Part 4)
إِيمَانٌ īmān	faith / belief	noun, A1	45×	The Most Frequent Words (Part 5)
مُؤْمِنٌ muʾmin	believer	noun, A2	202×	Guidance and Knowledge
أَمَانَةٌ amānah	trust / trustworthiness / moral responsibility	noun, B1	4×	Worship and Prayer
أَمَانٌ amān	safety / security / peace	noun, B1		Covenants, Testing, and Forgiveness
أَمَّنَ āmana	he believed / he had faith (variant form)	verb, A1		Faith, Monotheism, and Hypocrisy
أَمِينٌ amīn	trustworthy / faithful / honest	adjective, A2	14×	Reward, Recompense, and Deeds
آمِن āmin	safe / secure	adjective, A1	16×	Adjectives - Materials & Textures
أَمْن سِيبِرَانِيّ amn sībirāniyy	cybersecurity	noun, B1		Innovation & Progress

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that We have bestowed upon them;

Quran 2:3

قُلْ مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Say (O Muhammad, to mankind): Who is an enemy to Gabriel! For he it is who hath revealed (this Scripture) to thy heart by Allah's leave, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, and a guidance and glad tidings to believers;

Quran 2:97

أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۗ وَمَن يَتَبَدَّلِ ٱلْكُفْرَ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

Or would ye question your messenger as Moses was questioned aforetime? He who chooseth disbelief instead of faith, verily he hath gone astray from a plain road.

Quran 2:108

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1verb

آمَنَ

āmana

he believed

Example

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ

āmana ar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wal-muʾminūn

The Messenger believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and so did the believers (2:285)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ pattern). Past: آمَنَ, Present: يُؤْمِنُ. Takes بِـ (in/with): آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ (believed in Allah). Related: إِيمَانٌ (faith), مُؤْمِنٌ (believer).

Culture

Belief (īmān) in Islam encompasses faith in God, angels, scriptures, prophets, the Day of Judgment, and divine decree.

A1noun

إِيمَانٌ

īmān

faith / belief

Example

وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ

wa-lammā yadkhuli al-īmānu fī qulūbikum

And faith has not yet entered your hearts (49:14)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of آمَنَ (Form IV). Same root as أَمْنٌ (safety/security), أَمَانَةٌ (trust). Shares the root with أَمِينٌ (trustworthy).

Culture

Īmān in Islamic theology has three components: belief in the heart, affirmation with the tongue, and action with the limbs. It can increase and decrease.

A2noun

مُؤْمِنٌ

muʾmin

believer

Example

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

qad aflaḥa al-muʾminūn

Certainly the believers have succeeded (23:1)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Active participle of آمَنَ (Form IV). Plural: مُؤْمِنُونَ (muʾminūn). Feminine: مُؤْمِنَةٌ (muʾminah), pl: مُؤْمِنَاتٌ. Al-Muʾmin is also a name of God (The Granter of Security).

Culture

Surah Al-Muʾminūn (23) opens by describing the qualities of successful believers: humility in prayer, avoiding vain talk, giving charity, and guarding chastity.

B1noun

أَمَانَةٌ

amānah

trust / trustworthiness / moral responsibility

Example

إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ

innā ʿaraḍnā al-amānata ʿalā as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-jibāl

Indeed, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains (33:72)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun from the root أ-م-ن (safety/trust). Related: أَمِينٌ (trustworthy), إِيمَانٌ (faith), أَمْنٌ (security). The Prophet ﷺ was known as al-Amīn (the Trustworthy).

Culture

The 'Trust' (amānah) offered to creation is interpreted as moral responsibility and free will. Humans alone accepted it, making them accountable for their choices.

B1noun

أَمَانٌ

amān

safety / security / peace

Example

وَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا

wa-man dakhalahū kāna āminā

And whoever enters it shall be safe (3:97)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun. From أَمِنَ (to be safe). Related: إِيمَانٌ (faith, q046), أَمِينٌ (trustworthy), آمِنٌ (safe). Same root links safety and faith.

Culture

The Sacred Mosque in Makkah is a place of amān - whoever enters is safe. The linguistic link between faith (īmān) and safety (amān) is theologically profound.

A1verb

أَمَّنَ

āmana

he believed / he had faith (variant form)

Example

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ

āmana ar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihī wal-muʾminūn

The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and the believers (2:285)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). This is the same verb as q035 (آمَنَ) but included here for the important verse context of 2:285, the last verse of al-Baqarah.

Culture

The closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah (2:285-286) are among the most recited - the Prophet ﷺ said they are sufficient for whoever recites them at night.

A2adjective

أَمِينٌ

amīn

trustworthy / faithful / honest

Example

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

innī lakum rasūlun amīn

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger (26:107)

Root: أ-م-ن Quranic

Grammar

Adjective (faʿīl pattern). From أَمِنَ (to be safe/secure). Multiple prophets are described as amīn in the Quran. Jibrīl is also called ar-Rūḥ al-Amīn.

Culture

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was known as al-Amīn (the Trustworthy) even before prophethood. Trustworthiness is the fundamental prophetic quality.

A1adjective

آمِن

āmin