# Dad-Nun-Kef — ضنك (Dnk)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Became narrow or strait (indicate hardship). Became weak in judgment, in body, in soul, in intellect.
- **Derived forms:** ضَنك (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 124

- **Form in this verse:** ضَنكًۭا — ḍankan · "straitened"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ اَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْر۪ي فَاِنَّ لَهُ مَع۪يشَةً ضَنْكاً وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ اَعْمٰى

Waman aAArada AAan thikreefa-inna lahu maAAeeshatan danka wanahshuruhuyawma alqiyamati aAAma

“But whoso turns away from My remembrance: he will have a straitened life, and We will gather him blind on the Day of Resurrection.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-124.md_

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