A1verb
نَظَرَ
naẓara
to look / to gaze
Example
نظرتُ إلى السماءِ
naẓartu ilā as-samāʾi
I looked at the sky
Grammar
Form I verb. Past: naẓara, Present: yanẓuru. Takes ilā (إلى) for what is looked at.
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Quran 2:50 Quran 2:69 Quran 2:162
Arabic root
ن-ظ-ر
Nun-Zah-Ra
5 words from this root family
About this root
Nun-Zah-Ra (ن-ظ-ر) has 5 words in the Fahm dictionary: naẓara (to look / to gaze), intaẓara (to wait / to expect), naẓẓārāt (glasses / eyeglasses), naẓariyya (theory), and 1 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 129 times in 115 verses, across 48 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:50. The form نَظَرَ (to look / to gaze) accounts for 87 of them.
Themes: Verbs, Senses, Actions, Travel, Health, Academic Formal, Advanced Expressions
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
نَظَرَ naẓara | to look / to gaze | verb, A1 | 87× | Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling |
اِنْتَظَرَ intaẓara | to wait / to expect | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Thinking & Feeling | |
نَظّارات naẓẓārāt | glasses / eyeglasses | noun, A2 | Describing Health & Feelings | |
نَظَرِيَّة naẓariyya | theory | noun, B2 | Research & Analysis | |
نَظَرًا لِـ naẓaran li- | given / in view of | phrase, B2 | Rhetorical Devices |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
In the Quran
وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَAnd when We brought you through the sea and rescued you, and drowned the folk of Pharaoh in your sight.
قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَThey said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what colour she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow cow. Bright is her colour, gladdening beholders.
خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَThey ever dwell therein. The doom will not be lightened for them, neither will they be reprieved.
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
اِنْتَظَرَ
intaẓara
to wait / to expect
Example
انتظرتُ الحافلةَ ساعةً كاملةً
intaẓartu al-ḥāfilata sāʿatan kāmilatan
I waited for the bus for a full hour
Grammar
Form VIII verb (اِفْتَعَلَ). Past: intaẓara, Present: yantaẓiru. Same root as naẓara.
A2noun
نَظّارات
naẓẓārāt
glasses / eyeglasses
Example
أَحْتاج نَظّارات لِلقِراءة.
aḥtāj naẓẓārāt lil-qirāʾa.
I need glasses for reading.
B2noun
نَظَرِيَّة
naẓariyya
theory
Example
هذِهِ النَّظَرِيَّةُ غَيَّرَت مَفهومَ العِلم.
hādhihi n-naẓariyyatu ghayyarat mafhūma l-ʿilm.
This theory changed the concept of science.
B2phrase
نَظَرًا لِـ
naẓaran li-
given / in view of
Example
نَظَرًا لِلظُّروفِ الحالِيَّةِ، تَمَّ تَأجيلُ المُؤتَمَر.
naẓaran li-ẓ-ẓurūfi l-ḥāliyya, tamma taʾjīlu l-muʾtamar.
Given the current circumstances, the conference was postponed.
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ج-م-ع
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حَلَالٌ · lawful / permissible
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د-ر-س
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ح-ز-ن
حَزِنَ · to be sad / to grieve
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