Arabic root

س-ن-ن

Sin-Nun-Nun

2 words from this root family

About this root

Sin-Nun-Nun (س-ن-ن) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: sunnah (way / practice / established custom), sinn (tooth).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 21 times in 15 verses, across 11 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:137. The form سُنَّةٌ (way / practice / established custom) accounts for 16 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Health, Body

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
سُنَّةٌ sunnah	way / practice / established custom	noun, B1	16×	Character, Community, and Worship
سِنّ sinn	tooth	noun, A2	2×	Describing Health & Feelings

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

In the Quran

قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Systems have passed away before you. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for those who did deny (the messengers).

Quran 3:137

يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

Allah would explain to you and guide you by the examples of those who were before you, and would turn to you in mercy. Allah is Knower, Wise.

Quran 4:26

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,

Quran 15:26

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

سُنَّةٌ

sunnah

way / practice / established custom

Example

سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

sunnata Allāhi allatī qad khalat min qablu wa-lan tajida li-sunnati Allāhi tabdīlā

This is the established way of Allah which has occurred before. And never will you find in the way of Allah any change (48:23)

Root: س-ن-ن Quranic

Grammar

Feminine noun. Plural: سُنَنٌ (sunan). In the Quran, سُنَّةُ اللَّهِ means God's unchanging patterns/laws in history and nature. Also refers to the Prophet's practice.

Culture

In the Quran, sunnatu Allāh refers to God's unchanging laws governing nations - those who are righteous prosper, those who transgress are destroyed. A divine pattern that never changes.

A2noun

سِنّ

sinn