Quranic root
ن ح ت
nūn ḥā tā
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- nHt
1 lemma from this root
The dictionary words this root produces, with how often each occurs.
- يَنْحِتُ
Word forms
Every surface form this root takes in the Quran.
- وتنحتون
- تنحتون
- ينحتون
Themes
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Verses
- 7:74 Al-A'raf وَتَنْحِتُونَ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ Remember how He made you heirs after 'Ad and settled you in the land to build yourselves castles on its plains and carve houses out of the mountains: remember God’s blessings and do not spread corruption in the land,’
- 15:82 Al-Hijr يَنْحِتُونَ وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security-
- 26:149 Ash-Shu'ara وَتَنْحِتُونَ وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ carving your fine houses from the mountains?
- 37:95 As-Saffat تَنْحِتُونَ قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ but he said, ‘How can you worship things you carve with your own hands,