# Elif-Nun-Ye — اني (Any)

> Occurs in 36 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Any

- **Meaning:** Its time came; or it was, or became, or drew, near; It (a thing) was, or became, behind, or after, its time; it, or he, (a man) was, or became, behind, backward, or late; it, or he, delayed, or held back. He postponed it, put it off, deferred it, delayed it, retarded it, withheld it, impeded it; An hour, or a short portion, or a time, or an indefinite time; any period of time; the utmost point, reach or degree; A thing of which the time has come, or drawn near: and which has come, or attained, to its time; to its full, or final, time or state; to maturity, or ripeness; signifies Whence? (being an interrogative respecting the direction, or quarter, from which a thing is) and whence (used to denote a condition); Where? and where (used to denote a condition and as one of the adverbial nouns used to denote a condition), whence-so-ever; wherever (from whatever direction or quarter): when; how; however.
- **Derived forms:** ءَان (1) · ءَانَاء (3) · ءَانِيَة (2) · أَنَّىٰ (28) · إِنَىٰ (1) · يَأْنِ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 223

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "when"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

نِسَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْۖ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ اَنّٰى شِئْتُمْۘ وَقَدِّمُوا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّكُمْ مُلَاقُوهُۜ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Nisaokum harthun lakum fa/tooharthakum anna shi/tum waqaddimoo li-anfusikum wattaqooAllaha waAAlamoo annakum mulaqoohuwabashshiri almu/mineen

“Your women are a tilth for you; so come to your tilth as you will, and send ahead for your souls; and be in prudent fear of God, and know that you will meet Him.” And bear thou glad tidings to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-223.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 247

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكاًۜ قَالُٓوا اَنّٰى يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ اَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِنَ الْمَالِۜ قَالَ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفٰيهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُ بَسْطَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْجِسْمِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُؤْت۪ي مُلْكَهُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Waqala lahum nabiyyuhum inna Allahaqad baAAatha lakum taloota malikan qaloo annayakoonu lahu almulku AAalayna wanahnu ahaqqubilmulki minhu walam yu/ta saAAatan mina almali qalainna Allaha istafahu AAalaykum wazadahubastatan fee alAAilmi waljismi wallahuyu/tee mulkahu man yashao wallahu wasiAAunAAaleem

And their prophet said to them: “God has raised up for you Saul as king.” They said: “How can he have dominion over us when we are worthier of dominion than he, when he has not been given abundance of wealth?” He said: “God has chosen him over you, and increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature.” And God gives His dominion to whom He wills; and God is encompassing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-247.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "From where"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَاَنْبَتَهَا نَبَاتاً حَسَناًۙ وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّاۜ  كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَۙ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقاًۚ قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ اَنّٰى لَكِ هٰذَاۜ قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Fataqabbalaha rabbuhabiqaboolin hasanin waanbataha nabatan hasananwakaffalaha zakariyya kullama dakhalaAAalayha zakariyya almihraba wajadaAAindaha rizqan qala ya maryamu annalaki hatha qalat huwa min AAindi Allahi innaAllaha yarzuqu man yashao bighayri hisab

So her Lord accepted her with a comely acceptance, and caused her to grow with a comely growth, and placed her in the charge of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah entered upon her in the chamber, he found with her provision. He said: “O Mary: whence comes this to thee?” She said: “It is from God; God gives provision to whom He wills without reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-37.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِيَ الْكِبَرُ وَامْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِرٌۜ قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اللّٰهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun waqad balaghaniya alkibaru wamraatee AAaqirunqala kathalika Allahu yafAAalu mayasha/

Said he: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when old age has reached me and my wife is barren?” He said: “Thus is God; He does what He wills.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-40.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

قَالَتْ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْن۪ي بَشَرٌۜ قَالَ كَذٰلِكِ اللّٰهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۜ اِذَا قَضٰٓى اَمْراً فَاِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

Qalat rabbi anna yakoonu leewaladun walam yamsasnee basharun qala kathaliki Allahuyakhluqu ma yashao itha qada amranfa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon

She said: “My Lord: how will I have a son when no mortal has touched me?” He said: “Thus is God; he creates what He wills; when He decrees a matter, He but says to it: ‘Be thou,’ and it is.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-47.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 113

- **Form in this verse:** ءَانَآءَ — ānāa · "(in the) hours"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · masculine, plural · accusative case

لَيْسُوا سَوَٓاءًۜ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ اُمَّةٌ قَٓائِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ اٰنَٓاءَ الَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ۠

Laysoo sawaan min ahli alkitabiommatun qa-imatun yatloona ayati Allahianaa allayli wahum yasjudoon

They are not the same; among the doctors of the Law is an upright community: they recite the proofs of God in watches of the night, and they submit;

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-113.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 165

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "From where"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

اَوَلَمَّٓا اَصَابَتْكُمْ مُص۪يبَةٌ قَدْ اَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَيْهَاۙ قُلْتُمْ اَنّٰى هٰذَاۜ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Awa lamma asabatkum museebatunqad asabtum mithlayha qultum anna hathaqul huwa min AAindi anfusikum inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Do you not say, when calamity has befallen you — you having caused the double thereof: — “Whence is this?” Say thou: “It is from yourselves; God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-165.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "how"
  - **Grammar:** noun · accusative case

مَا الْمَس۪يحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اِلَّا رَسُولٌۚ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُۜ وَاُمُّهُ صِدّ۪يقَةٌۜ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ الطَّعَامَۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ اَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Ma almaseehu ibnu maryama illarasoolun qad khalat min qablihi arrusulu waommuhu siddeeqatunkana ya/kulani attaAAamaonthur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu al-ayatithumma onthur anna yu/fakoon

The Messiah, son of Mary, was but a messenger; messengers had passed away before him; and his mother was a woman of truth; they both ate food. See thou how We make plain the proofs to them; then see thou how they are deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-75.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "so how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوٰىۜ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Inna Allaha faliqu alhabbiwannawa yukhriju alhayya mina almayyitiwamukhriju almayyiti mina alhayyi thalikumu Allahufaanna tu/fakoon

God splits the seed and the kernel; He brings forth the living from the dead and is the bringer-forth of the dead from the living. That is God, — how then are you deluded? —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-95.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

بَد۪يعُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ صَاحِبَةٌۜ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

BadeeAAu assamawatiwal-ardi anna yakoonu lahu waladun walamtakun lahu sahibatun wakhalaqa kulla shay-in wahuwabikulli shay-in AAaleem

The Originator of the Heavens and the Earth: how could He have a son when He has no companion, and He created all things? And He knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-101.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌۨ ابْنُ اللّٰهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَس۪يحُ ابْنُ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ يُضَاهِؤُ۫نَ قَوْلَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَبْلُۜ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُۘ اَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Waqalati alyahoodu AAuzayrun ibnu Allahiwaqalati annasara almaseehuibnu Allahi thalika qawluhum bi-afwahihim yudahi-oonaqawla allatheena kafaroo min qablu qatalahumu Allahuanna yu/fakoon

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “ʿUzayr is the son of God”; and the Christians say: “The Messiah is the son of God.” That is the speech of their mouths; they imitate the speech of those who ignored warning before. May God curse them! How are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-30.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "So how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

فَذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ اِلَّا الضَّلَالُۚ فَاَنّٰى تُصْرَفُونَ

Fathalikumu Allahu rabbukumualhaqqu famatha baAAda alhaqqi illa addalalufaanna tusrafoon

For that is God, your Lord, the Truth; then what is there after the truth but error? How then are you diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-32.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "So how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

قُلْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكَٓائِكُمْ مَنْ يَبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُع۪يدُهُۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُ يَبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُع۪يدُهُ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Qul hal min shuraka-ikum man yabdaoalkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu quli Allahu yabdao alkhalqathumma yuAAeeduhu faanna tu/fakoon

Say thou: “Is there among your partners one that begins creation then repeats it?” Say thou: “God begins creation then repeats it; how then are you deluded?”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-34.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِراً وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِياًّ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqadbalaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyya

He said: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when my wife is barren and I have reached extreme old age?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-8.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

قَالَتْ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْن۪ي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ اَكُ بَغِياًّ

Qalat anna yakoonu lee ghulamunwalam yamsasnee basharun walam aku baghiyya

She said: “How can I have a lad, when no mortal has touched me, neither have I been unchaste?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-20.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 130

- **Form in this verse:** ءَانَآئِ — ānāi · "(the) hours"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَاۚ وَمِنْ اٰنَٓائِ الَّيْلِ فَسَبِّـحْ وَاَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضٰى

Fasbir AAala mayaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooAAiashshamsi waqabla ghuroobiha wamin ana-iallayli fasabbih waatrafa annaharilaAAallaka tarda

So be thou patient over what they say, and give thou glory with the praise of thy Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting. And some periods of the night give thou glory; and at the ends of the day, that thou mightest be satisfied.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-130.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "Then how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلّٰهِۜ قُلْ فَاَنّٰى تُسْحَرُونَ

Sayaqooloona lillahi qul faannatusharoon

They will say: “In God’s.” Say thou: “How then are you taken by sorcery?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-89.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "Then how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۚ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamaralayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

And if thou askest them: “Who created the heavens and the earth and made subject the sun and the moon?” they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-61.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** إِنَىٰهُ — ināhu · "its preparation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ اِلٰى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِر۪ينَ اِنٰيهُۙ وَلٰكِنْ اِذَا دُع۪يتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَاِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَلَا مُسْتَأْنِس۪ينَ لِحَد۪يثٍۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ فَيَسْتَحْـي۪ مِنْكُمْۘ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَسْتَحْـي۪ مِنَ الْحَقِّۜ وَاِذَا سَاَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعاً فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ حِجَابٍۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّۜ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ اَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَنْ تَنْكِحُٓوا اَزْوَاجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ٓ اَبَداًۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْـدَ اللّٰهِ عَظ۪يـماً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tadkhuloo buyoota annabiyyi illa an yu/thanalakum ila taAAamin ghayra nathireenainahu walakin itha duAAeetum fadkhuloofa-itha taAAimtum fantashiroo walamusta/niseena lihadeethin inna thalikum kanayu/thee annabiyya fayastahyee minkum wallahula yastahyee mina alhaqqi wa-ithasaaltumoohunna mataAAan fas-aloohunna min wara-ihijabin thalikum atharu liquloobikumwaquloobihinna wama kana lakum an tu/thoorasoola Allahi wala an tankihoo azwajahumin baAAdihi abadan inna thalikum kana AAinda AllahiAAatheema

O you who heed warning: enter not the houses of the Prophet, save that leave be given to you for a meal, without watching for its hour. But when you are called, then enter; and when you have eaten, then disperse. And seek not to remain for conversation; that hinders the Prophet, and he is shy of you; but God is not shy of the truth. And when you ask of his wives an item: ask it of them from behind a partition; that is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not for you to hinder the messenger of God, or to marry his wives after him ever; that were, in the sight of God, monstrous.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-53.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَنَّىٰ — wa-annā · "But how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَقَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِه۪ۚ وَاَنّٰى لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍۚ

Waqaloo amanna bihiwaanna lahumu attanawushu min makaninbaAAeed

And they say: “We believe in it!” But how will they have the reaching from a place far away

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-52.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "Then, how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْۜ هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ  لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۘ   فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Ya ayyuha annasuothkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum hal min khaliqinghayru Allahi yarzuqukum mina assama-i wal-ardila ilaha illa huwa faanna tu/fakoon

O mankind: remember the favour of God upon you. Is there any creator, other than God, who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? There is no god save He; how then are you deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-3.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "then how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَلَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلٰٓى اَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَاَنّٰى يُبْصِرُونَ

Walaw nashao latamasnaAAala aAAyunihim fastabaqoo assiratafaanna yubsiroon

And had We willed, We would have blinded their eyes; then would they compete for the path, but how would they see?

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-66.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "Then how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ اَزْوَاجٍۜ يَخْلُقُكُمْ ف۪ي بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقاً مِنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلٰثٍۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۜ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ فَاَنّٰى تُصْرَفُونَ

Khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatin thummajaAAala minha zawjaha waanzala lakum mina al-anAAamithamaniyata azwajin yakhluqukum fee butooniommahatikum khalqan min baAAdi khalqin fee thulumatinthalathin thalikumu Allahu rabbukum lahualmulku la ilaha illa huwa faanna tusrafoon

He created you from one soul; then He made from it its mate. And He sent down for you of the cattle eight pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers — creation after creation — in three darknesses. That is God, your Lord; to Him belongs the dominion; there is no god save He. How then are you diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-6.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** ءَانَآءَ — ānāa · "(during) hours"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ اٰنَٓاءَ الَّيْلِ سَاجِداً وَقَٓائِماً يَحْذَرُ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُوا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّه۪ۜ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذ۪ينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۜ اِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ۟

Amman huwa qanitun anaaallayli sajidan waqa-iman yahtharu al-akhiratawayarjoo rahmata rabbihi qul hal yastawee allatheenayaAAlamoona wallatheena la yaAAlamoonainnama yatathakkaru oloo al-albab

If he who is humbly obedient in the watches of the night, submitting and standing, fearing the Hereafter, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord[...]. Say thou: “Are they equal — those who know and those who know not?” There take heed but those of insight.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-9.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "So how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۢ  لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۘ فَاَنّٰى تُؤْفَكُونَ

Thalikumu Allahu rabbukum khaliqukulli shay-in la ilaha illa huwa faannatu/fakoon

That is God, your Lord, creator of all things; there is no god save He. How then are you deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-62.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ اَنّٰى يُصْرَفُونَۚۛ

Alam tara ila allatheena yujadiloonafee ayati Allahi anna yusrafoon

Hast thou not considered those who dispute concerning the proofs of God — how they are diverted?

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-69.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "Then how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَۙ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqahumlayaqoolunna Allahu faanna yu/fakoon

And if thou askest them who created them, they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-87.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How can"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

اَنّٰى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰى وَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُب۪ينٌۙ

Anna lahumu aththikrawaqad jaahum rasoolun mubeen

How should they have the reminder when a clear messenger has come to them,

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-13.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَنَّىٰ — fa-annā · "Then how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةًۚ فَقَدْ جَٓاءَ اَشْرَاطُهَاۚ فَاَنّٰى لَهُمْ اِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرٰيهُمْ

Fahal yanthuroona illaassaAAata an ta/tiyahum baghtatan faqad jaaashratuha faanna lahum itha jaat-humthikrahum

So look they save for the Hour, that it will come upon them unexpectedly? And its tokens have come; so how to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-18.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** ءَانٍۢ — ānin · "heated"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَم۪يمٍ اٰنٍۚ

Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameeminan

They will go between it and boiling, scalding water.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-44.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** يَأْنِ — yani · "come (the) time"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّۙ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ وَكَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Alam ya/ni lillatheena amanooan takhshaAAa quloobuhum lithikri Allahi wamanazala mina alhaqqi wala yakoonoo kallatheenaootoo alkitaba min qablu fatala AAalayhimu al-amadufaqasat quloobuhum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoon

Has not the time come for those who heed warning that their hearts should be humbled to the remembrance of God, and what has come down of the truth, and that they be not as those given the Writ before? And the span seemed long to them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-16.md_

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** أَنَّىٰ — annā · "How"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَاِذَا رَاَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ اَجْسَامُهُمْۜ وَاِنْ يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْۜ   كَاَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُسَنَّدَةٌۜ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْۜ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْۜ  قَاتَلَهُمُ اللّٰهُۘ  اَنّٰى يُؤْفَـكُونَ

Wa-itha raaytahum tuAAjibuka ajsamuhumwa-in yaqooloo tasmaAA liqawlihim kaannahum khushubunmusannadatun yahsaboona kulla sayhatinAAalayhim humu alAAaduwwu fahtharhum qatalahumuAllahu anna yu/fakoon

And when thou seest them, their forms please thee; and if they speak, thou listenest to their speech as if they were propped up pieces of dry wood. They think every blast is against them. They are the enemy; so beware thou of them. May God curse them! How are they deluded!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-munafiqun/verse-4.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** بِـَٔانِيَةٍۢ — biāniyatin · "vessels"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِاٰنِيَةٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَاَكْوَابٍ كَانَتْ قَوَار۪يرَاۙ

Wayutafu AAalayhim bi-aniyatinmin fiddatin waakwabin kanat qawareera

Circulated among them will be vessels of silver, and cups as of crystal!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-15.md_

### 88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ءَانِيَةٍۢ — āniyatin · "boiling"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

تُسْقٰى مِنْ عَيْنٍ اٰنِيَةٍۜ

Tusqa min AAaynin aniya

Watered from a boiling spring.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ghashiyah/verse-5.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَنَّىٰ — wa-annā · "but how"
  - **Grammar:** question suffix

وَج۪ٓيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۜ

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

And Gehenna, that day, is brought: that day will man take heed; but how will the reminder be for him?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-23.md_

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