# Sad-Nun-Ayn — صنع (SnE)

> Occurs in 20 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to make/do/create/build, work a thing, nourish, bring up. sun'un - an act, that which is done. masna'un (pl. masani) - cistern, palace, citadel, fine building, fortress. san'atun - making, art of making.
- **Derived forms:** صَنَعُ (15) · صُنْع (2) · صَنْعَة (1) · مَصَانِع (1) · ٱصْطَنَعْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْنَعُونَ — yaṣnaʿūna · "do"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا نَصَارٰٓى اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا حَظاًّ مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ۖ فَاَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

Wamina allatheena qaloo innanasara akhathna meethaqahumfanasoo haththan mimma thukkiroobihi faaghrayna baynahumu alAAadawata walbaghdaaila yawmi alqiyamati wasawfa yunabbi-ohumu Allahubima kanoo yasnaAAoon

And among those who say: “We are Christians,” We took their agreement; then they forgot a portion of that they were reminded of. And We brought about among them enmity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection; and God will inform them of what they wrought.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-14.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْنَعُونَ — yaṣnaʿūna · "do"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَوْلَا يَنْهٰيهُمُ الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالْاَحْبَارُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِمُ الْاِثْمَ وَاَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَۜ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

Lawla yanhahumu arrabbaniyyoonawal-ahbaru AAan qawlihimu al-ithmawaaklihimu assuhta labi/sa ma kanooyasnaAAoon

Oh, that the rabbis and the religious scholars had but forbidden their speaking sin and their consumption of illicit gain! Evil is what they were working.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-63.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 137

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْنَعُ — yaṣnaʿu · "make"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَانُوا يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَارِقَ الْاَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَّت۪ي بَارَكْنَا ف۪يهَاۜ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الْحُسْنٰى عَلٰى بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ بِمَا صَبَرُواۜ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ

Waawrathna alqawma allatheenakanoo yustadAAafoona mashariqa al-ardiwamagharibaha allatee barakna feehawatammat kalimatu rabbika alhusna AAalabanee isra-eela bima sabaroo wadammarnama kana yasnaAAu firAAawnu waqawmuhu wamakanoo yaAArishoon

And We caused the people who were despised to inherit the east of the land and its west which We had blessed. And the most fair word of thy Lord was fulfilled to the children of Israel because they were patient; and We annihilated what Pharaoh and his people wrought and what they built.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-137.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** صَنَعُوا۟ — ṣanaʿū · "they did"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِلَّا النَّارُۘ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا ف۪يهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena laysa lahumfee al-akhirati illa annaru wahabitama sanaAAoo feeha wabatilun makanoo yaAAmaloon

Those are they for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter save the Fire; and vain is what they wrought therein, and vanity is what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-16.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱصْنَعِ — wa-iṣ'naʿi · "And construct"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

WasnaAAi alfulka bi-aAAyuninawawahyina wala tukhatibnee fee allatheenathalamoo innahum mughraqoon

“And make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction; and address thou Me not concerning those who have done wrong; they will be drowned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-37.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَصْنَعُ — wayaṣnaʿu · "And he was constructing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَاٌ مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُۜ قَالَ اِنْ تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَاِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنْكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَۜ

WayasnaAAu alfulka wakullamamarra AAalayhi malaon min qawmihi sakhiroo minhu qala intaskharoo minna fa-inna naskharu minkum kamataskharoon

And he made the ship. And every time eminent ones among his people passed by him they derided him. He said: “If you deride us, yet will we deride you just as you deride,

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-38.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** صَنَعُوا۟ — ṣanaʿū · "they did"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ اَنَّ قُرْاٰناً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ اَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْاَرْضُ اَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ بَلْ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اَفَلَمْ يَايْـَٔسِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ لَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَم۪يعاًۜ وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا تُص۪يبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ اَوْ تَحُلُّ قَر۪يباً مِنْ دَارِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْم۪يعَادَ۟

Walaw anna qur-anan suyyirat bihialjibalu aw quttiAAat bihi al-ardu awkullima bihi almawta bal lillahi al-amru jameeAAanafalam yay-asi allatheena amanoo an law yashaoAllahu lahada annasa jameeAAan walayazalu allatheena kafaroo tuseebuhum bimasanaAAoo qariAAatun aw tahullu qareeban mindarihim hatta ya/tiya waAAdu Allahiinna Allaha la yukhlifu almeeAAad

And were there a recitation whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth rent asunder, or the dead caused to speak[...]. The truth is, to God belongs the command altogether. Have not those who heed warning despaired that, had God willed, He would have guided mankind all together? And those who ignore warning: disaster will cease not to strike them for what they have wrought, or to descend near their abodes, until the promise of God comes; God will not break the appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-31.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْنَعُونَ — yaṣnaʿūna · "do"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ اٰمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْت۪يهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَداً مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِاَنْعُمِ اللّٰهِ فَاَذَاقَهَا اللّٰهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

Wadaraba Allahu mathalanqaryatan kanat aminatan mutma-innatanya/teeha rizquha raghadan min kulli makaninfakafarat bi-anAAumi Allahi faathaqaha Allahulibasa aljooAAi walkhawfi bima kanooyasnaAAoon

And God strikes a similitude: — a city secure, at peace, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side; but it denied the favours of God, then God let it taste the cloak of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-112.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 104

- **Form in this verse:** صُنْعًا — ṣun'ʿan · "(in) work"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً

Allatheena dalla saAAyuhumfee alhayati addunya wahum yahsaboonaannahum yuhsinoona sunAAa

“Those whose effort is astray in the life of this world when they think that they are doing good work;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-104.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** وَلِتُصْنَعَ — walituṣ'naʿa · "and that you may be brought up"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَنِ اقْذِف۪يهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِف۪يهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ ل۪ي وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُۜ وَاَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنّ۪يۚ وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلٰى عَيْن۪يۢ

Ani iqthifeehi fee attabootifaqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bissahiliya/khuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytuAAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAalaAAaynee

“‘Hurl thou him into the chest, and hurl thou it into the water; the water will cast him upon the shore. An enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him.’ And I cast upon thee love from Me, and that thou be wrought under My eye

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-39.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ — wa-iṣ'ṭanaʿtuka · "And I (have) chosen you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, singular · past tense

وَاصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْس۪يۚ

WastanaAAtuka linafsee

“And I chose thee for Myself;

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-41.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ — ṣanaʿū · "they have made"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَلْقِ مَا ف۪ي يَم۪ينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُواۜ اِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍۜ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ اَتٰى

Waalqi ma fee yameenika talqaf masanaAAoo innama sanaAAoo kaydu sahirinwala yuflihu assahiru haythuata

“And cast thou what is in thy right hand; it will swallow up what they have wrought. They have wrought but the plan of a sorcerer, and the sorcerer will not be successful, no matter where he goes.”

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

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** صَنَعُوا۟ — ṣanaʿū · "they (have) made"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَلْقِ مَا ف۪ي يَم۪ينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُواۜ اِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍۜ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ اَتٰى

Waalqi ma fee yameenika talqaf masanaAAoo innama sanaAAoo kaydu sahirinwala yuflihu assahiru haythuata

“And cast thou what is in thy right hand; it will swallow up what they have wrought. They have wrought but the plan of a sorcerer, and the sorcerer will not be successful, no matter where he goes.”

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

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** صَنْعَةَ — ṣanʿata · "(the) making"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُمْ مِنْ بَأْسِكُمْۚ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ شَاكِرُونَ

WaAAallamnahu sanAAatalaboosin lakum lituhsinakum min ba/sikum fahal antum shakiroon

And We taught him the making of garments for you, to protect you from your might; are you then grateful?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-80.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱصْنَعِ — iṣ'naʿi · "construct"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ اَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُۙ فَاسْلُكْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْۚ وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

Faawhayna ilayhi ani isnaAAialfulka bi-aAAyunina wawahyina fa-ithajaa amruna wafara attannooru faslukfeeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illaman sabaqa AAalayhi alqawlu minhum wala tukhatibneefee allatheena thalamoo innahum mughraqoon

And We instructed him: “Make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction; then when Our command comes and the oven boils over, load thou therein of each kind two, and thy household save him against whom the word has gone forth among them. And address thou Me not on behalf of those who do wrong; they will be drowned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-27.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْنَعُونَ — yaṣnaʿūna · "they do"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ اَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْۜ ذٰلِكَ اَزْكٰى لَهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Qul lilmu/mineena yaghuddoo min absarihumwayahfathoo furoojahum thalika azkalahum inna Allaha khabeerun bima yasnaAAoon

Say thou to the believing men that they lower some of their sight, and preserve their chastity; that is purer for them. God is aware of what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-30.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 129

- **Form in this verse:** مَصَانِعَ — maṣāniʿa · "strongholds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِـعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَۚ

Watattakhithoona masaniAAalaAAallakum takhludoon

“And take you constructions, that you might abide eternally,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-129.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** صُنْعَ — ṣun'ʿa · "(The) Work"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِۜ صُنْعَ اللّٰهِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍۜ اِنَّهُ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Watara aljibala tahsabuhajamidatan wahiya tamurru marra assahabi sunAAaAllahi allathee atqana kulla shay-in innahukhabeerun bima tafAAaloon

And thou seest the mountains; thou thinkest them solid, but they will pass as the passing of clouds: — the work of God who perfected all things; He is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-88.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** تَصْنَعُونَ — taṣnaʿūna · "you do"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اُتْلُ مَٓا اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَاَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَۜ اِنَّ الصَّلٰوةَ تَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلَذِكْرُ اللّٰهِ  اَكْبَرُۜ  وَاللّٰهُ  يَعْلَمُ  مَا  تَصْنَعُونَ

Otlu ma oohiya ilayka minaalkitabi waaqimi assalata inna assalatatanha AAani alfahsha-i walmunkariwalathikru Allahi akbaru wallahuyaAAlamu ma tasnaAAoon

Recite thou what has been revealed to thee of the Writ, and uphold thou the duty; the duty forbids sexual immorality and perversity; and the remembrance of God is greater; and God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-45.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** يَصْنَعُونَ — yaṣnaʿūna · "they do"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَفَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُٓوءُ عَمَلِه۪ فَرَاٰهُ حَسَناًۜ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۘ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَاتٍۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Afaman zuyyina lahu soo-o AAamalihi faraahuhasanan fa-inna Allaha yudillu man yashaowayahdee man yashao fala tathhab nafsukaAAalayhim hasaratin inna Allaha AAaleemunbima yasnaAAoon

Is then he to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair to him so he sees it as good[...]? And God leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills; so let not thy soul go out to them in regrets; God knows what they do.

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

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