Arabic root

م-ك-ن

Mim-Kaf-Nun

3 words from this root family

About this root

Mim-Kaf-Nun (م-ك-ن) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: mumkin (possible), tamakkana (to manage to / to be capable (Form V)), mina l-mumkini an (it is possible that).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 18 times in 16 verses, across 12 of the 114 suras. The first is in 6:6.

Themes: Adjectives, Basics, Advanced Verbs, Advanced Expressions

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	Taught in
مُمكِن mumkin	possible	adjective, A1	Adjectives - States & Conditions
تَمَكَّنَ tamakkana	to manage to / to be capable (Form V)	verb, B1	Verbs of Achievement
مِنَ المُمْكِنِ أَنْ mina l-mumkini an	it is possible that	phrase, B2	Nuanced Communication

In the Quran

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks!

Quran 7:10

وَإِن يُرِيدُوا۟ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

And if they would betray thee, they betrayed Allah before, and He gave (thee) power over them. Allah is Knower, Wise.

Quran 8:71

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦٓ أَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْسِى ۖ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُۥ قَالَ إِنَّكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِينٌ أَمِينٌ

And the king said: Bring him unto me that I may attach him to my person. And when he had talked with him he said: Lo! thou art to-day in our presence established and trusted.

Quran 12:54

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).