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م-ن-ي

Mim-Nun-Ya

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Mim-Nun-Ya (م-ن-ي) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: tamannā (to wish / to hope).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 22 times in 19 verses, across 10 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:78. The form تَمَنَّى (to wish / to hope) accounts for 3 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Emotions

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
تَمَنَّى
tamannā
to wish / to hopeverb, A13×Action Verbs - Miscellaneous

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

In the Quran

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay. They but guess.

Quran 2:78
قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Say (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter in the providence of Allah is indeed for you alone and not for others of mankind (as ye pretend), then long for death (for ye must long for death) if ye are truthful.

Quran 2:94
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise;

Quran 22:52

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
تَمَنَّى
tamannā

to wish / to hope

Example
تمنّيتُ لهُ التوفيقَ
tamannaytu lahu at-tawfīqa
I wished him success
Grammar

Form V defective verb (تَفَعَّلَ). Past: tamannā, Present: yatamannā.

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