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ح-س-ن

Ha-Sin-Nun

3 words from this root family

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Ha-Sin-Nun (ح-س-ن) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: iḥsān (excellence / doing beautiful deeds), ḥasanah (good deed / good thing / blessing), muḥsin (doer of good / one who acts with excellence).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 194 times in 177 verses, across 50 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:58. The form مُحْسِنٌ (doer of good / one who acts with excellence) accounts for 38 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
إِحْسَانٌ
iḥsān
excellence / doing beautiful deedsnoun, B112×Worship and Prayer
حَسَنَةٌ
ḥasanah
good deed / good thing / blessingnoun, A231×Reward, Recompense, and Deeds
مُحْسِنٌ
muḥsin
doer of good / one who acts with excellencenoun, A238×Reward, Recompense, and Deeds

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

In the Quran

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْ ۚ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And when We said: Go into this township and eat freely of that which is therein, and enter the gate prostrate, and say: "Repentance." We will forgive you your sins and will increase (reward) for the right-doers.

Quran 2:58
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

And of them (also) is he who saith: "Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the doom of Fire."

Quran 2:201
فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْسَـٰنًا وَتَوْفِيقًا

How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness.

Quran 4:62

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

B1noun
إِحْسَانٌ
iḥsān

excellence / doing beautiful deeds

Example
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ
inna Allāha yaʾmuru bil-ʿadli wal-iḥsān
Indeed, Allah commands justice and iḥsān (excellence) (16:90)
Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of أَحْسَنَ (Form IV). Related: حُسْنٌ (beauty/goodness), حَسَنَةٌ (good deed), مُحْسِنٌ (one who does iḥsān), أَحْسَنُ (best/most beautiful).

Culture

Iḥsān is the highest level of faith, defined by the Prophet ﷺ as 'worshipping God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then knowing He sees you.'

A2noun
حَسَنَةٌ
ḥasanah

good deed / good thing / blessing

Example
مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا
man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū ʿashru amthālihā
Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof (6:160)
Grammar

Feminine noun (used as a noun from the adjective حَسَنٌ). Plural: حَسَنَاتٌ (ḥasanāt). Opposite: سَيِّئَةٌ (bad deed).

Culture

The divine multiplication of good deeds (10x to 700x or more) is a profound Quranic concept that motivates righteous action.

A2noun
مُحْسِنٌ
muḥsin

doer of good / one who acts with excellence

Example
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
inna Allāha yuḥibbu al-muḥsinīn
Indeed, Allah loves the doers of good (2:195)
Grammar

Active participle of أَحْسَنَ (Form IV, to do good/act with excellence). Plural: مُحْسِنُونَ. Related to إِحْسَانٌ (q116, excellence). The highest level of faith.

Culture

Iḥsān is defined by the Prophet ﷺ as 'worshipping God as if you see Him, for if you don't see Him, He sees you.' The muḥsin embodies this awareness.

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