# Ayn-Nun-Te — عنت (Ent)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to meet with difficulty, fall into distress, be overburdened, commit a crime, be spoiled, constrain anyone to do a thing, cause anyone to perish, beat harshly. a'nata - to bring anyone into difficulty, beat roughly, cause annoyance, confuse. anatun - sin/crime/mistake/difficulty.
- **Derived forms:** أَعْنَتَ (1) · عَنِ (3) · عَنَت (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 220

- **Form in this verse:** لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚ — la-aʿnatakum · "surely He (could have) put you in difficulties"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْيَتَامٰىۜ قُلْ اِصْلَاحٌ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌۜ وَاِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَاِخْوَانُكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ الْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَاَعْنَتَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Fee addunya wal-akhiratiwayas-aloonaka AAani alyatama qul islahunlahum khayrun wa-in tukhalitoohum fa-ikhwanukumwallahu yaAAlamu almufsida mina almuslihiwalaw shaa Allahu laaAAnatakum inna AllahaAAazeezun hakeem

Upon the World and the Hereafter. And they ask thee about the fatherless. Say thou: “Improvement for them is best.” And if you associate with them, then are they your brothers. And God knows the worker of corruption from the doer of right. And had God willed, He would have caused distress for you; God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-220.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** عَنِتُّمْ — ʿanittum · "distresses you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالاًۜ وَدُّوا مَا عَنِتُّمْۚ قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضَٓاءُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْۚ وَمَا تُخْف۪ي صُدُورُهُمْ اَكْـبَرُۜ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo bitanatan min doonikum laya/loonakum khabalan waddoo ma AAanittum qad badatialbaghdao min afwahihim wama tukhfee sudooruhumakbaru qad bayyanna lakumu al-ayati inkuntum taAAqiloon

O you who heed warning: take not as intimates other than your own; they will not spare you ruin. They would that you should suffer. Hatred has already become clear from their mouths, and what their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain the proofs to you, if you will use reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-118.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَنَتَ — l-ʿanata · "committing sin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِـعْ مِنْكُمْ طَوْلاً اَنْ يَنْكِـحَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فَمِنْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ مِنْ فَتَيَاتِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِا۪يمَانِكُمْۜ بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۚ فَانْكِحُوهُنَّ بِاِذْنِ اَهْلِهِنَّ وَاٰتُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ مُحْصَنَاتٍ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحَاتٍ وَلَا مُتَّخِذَاتِ اَخْدَانٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اُحْصِنَّ فَاِنْ اَتَيْنَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِنَّ نِصْفُ مَا عَلَى الْمُحْصَنَاتِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِيَ الْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْۜ وَاَنْ تَصْبِرُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟

Waman lam yastatiAA minkum tawlanan yankiha almuhsanati almu/minatifamin ma malakat aymanukum min fatayatikumualmu/minati wallahu aAAlamu bi-eemanikumbaAAdukum min baAAdin fankihoohunnabi-ithni ahlihinna waatoohunna ojoorahunna bilmaAAroofimuhsanatin ghayra masafihatin walamuttakhithati akhdanin fa-itha ohsinnafa-in atayna bifahishatin faAAalayhinna nisfu maAAala almuhsanati mina alAAathabi thalikaliman khashiya alAAanata minkum waan tasbiroo khayrunlakum wallahu ghafoorun raheem

And whoso among you has not the means to marry free believing women, then from what your right hands possess of believing maids; and God best knows your faith. You are of one another, so marry them with the leave of their people; and give them their rewards according to what is fitting, they being chaste and not fornicators, nor taking secret friends. But when they are in wedlock, then if they commit sexual immorality: upon them is half what is due the free women of punishment; that is for him who fears hardship among you. And that you be patient is best for you; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-25.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 128

- **Form in this verse:** عَنِتُّمْ — ʿanittum · "you suffer"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

لَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ عَز۪يزٌۘ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَر۪يصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ رَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Laqad jaakum rasoolun min anfusikumAAazeezun AAalayhi ma AAanittum hareesunAAalaykum bilmu/mineena raoofun raheem

There has come to you a messenger from among yourselves; grievous to him is what grieves you; one concerned for you; to the believers kind and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-128.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** لَعَنِتُّمْ — laʿanittum · "surely you would be in difficulty"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ ف۪يكُمْ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِۜ لَوْ يُط۪يعُكُمْ ف۪ي كَث۪يرٍ مِنَ الْاَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ حَبَّبَ اِلَيْكُمُ الْا۪يمَانَ وَزَيَّـنَهُ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ اِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَۜ  اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الرَّاشِدُونَۙ

WaAAlamoo anna feekum rasoola Allahilaw yuteeAAukum fee katheerin mina al-amri laAAanittum walakinnaAllaha habbaba ilaykumu al-eemanawazayyanahu fee quloobikum wakarraha ilaykumu alkufra walfusooqawalAAisyana ola-ika humu arrashidoon

And know that among you is the messenger of God. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be distressed. But God has endeared to you faith, and made it fair in your hearts, and has made hateful to you denial and perfidy and opposition — it is they who are the right-minded —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-7.md_

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