Arabic root

ن-ش-ر

Nun-Shin-Ra

3 words from this root family

About this root

Nun-Shin-Ra (ن-ش-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: intashara (to spread / to become widespread (Form VII)), nashr (publishing / spreading), nashara (to publish / to broadcast).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 21 times in 20 verses, across 18 of the 114 suras. The first is in 17:13. The form نَشْر (publishing / spreading) accounts for 1 of them.

Themes: Advanced Verbs, Technology Media, Media Politics

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
اِنْتَشَرَ intashara	to spread / to become widespread (Form VII)	verb, B1		Verbs of Change
نَشْر nashr	publishing / spreading	noun, B1	1×	Entertainment Media
نَشَرَ nashara	to publish / to broadcast	verb, B2		Elections & Democracy

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

In the Quran

وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا

And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open.

Quran 17:13

وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا

And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.

Quran 18:16

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ

Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?

Quran 21:21

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).