# Kef-Nun-Za — كنز (knz)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to collect and store up, treasure, bury in the ground a treasure.
- **Derived forms:** كَنز (6) · كَنَزْ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْنِزُونَ — yaknizūna · "hoard"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْاَحْبَارِ وَالرُّهْبَانِ لَيَأْكُلُونَ اَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلَا يُنْفِقُونَهَا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۙ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍۙ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooinna katheeran mina al-ahbari warruhbanilaya/kuloona amwala annasi bilbatiliwayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi wallatheenayaknizoona aththahaba walfiddatawala yunfiqoonaha fee sabeeli Allahifabashshirhum biAAathabin aleem

O you who heed warning: many among the rabbis and the religious scholars consume the wealth of men in vanity, and turn away from the path of God. And those who amass gold and silver and spend it not in the cause of God: give thou them tidings of a painful punishment: —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-34.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** كَنَزْتُمْ — kanaztum · "you hoarded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَوْمَ يُحْمٰى عَلَيْهَا ف۪ي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوٰى بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْۜ هٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ

Yawma yuhma AAalayhafee nari jahannama fatukwa biha jibahuhumwajunoobuhum wathuhooruhum hatha makanaztum li-anfusikum fathooqoo ma kuntum taknizoon

The day it will be heated in the fire of Gehenna, then therewith will be branded their foreheads and their sides and their backs: “This is what you amassed for your souls; so taste what you amassed!”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-35.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** تَكْنِزُونَ — taknizūna · "hoard"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَوْمَ يُحْمٰى عَلَيْهَا ف۪ي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوٰى بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْۜ هٰذَا مَا كَنَزْتُمْ لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ

Yawma yuhma AAalayhafee nari jahannama fatukwa biha jibahuhumwajunoobuhum wathuhooruhum hatha makanaztum li-anfusikum fathooqoo ma kuntum taknizoon

The day it will be heated in the fire of Gehenna, then therewith will be branded their foreheads and their sides and their backs: “This is what you amassed for your souls; so taste what you amassed!”

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-35.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** كَنزٌ — kanzun · "a treasure"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيْكَ وَضَٓائِقٌ بِه۪ صَدْرُكَ اَنْ يَقُولُوا لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ اَوْ جَٓاءَ مَعَهُ مَلَكٌۜ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنْتَ نَذ۪يرٌۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَك۪يلٌۜ

FalaAAallaka tarikun baAAda mayooha ilayka wada-iqun bihi sadruka anyaqooloo lawla onzila AAalayhi kanzun aw jaamaAAahu malakun innama anta natheerun wallahuAAala kulli shay-in wakeel

Then thou mightest leave some of what is revealed to thee, and thy breast be straitened, that they say: “Oh, that a treasure had but been sent down upon him, or an angel had but come with him!” Thou art only a warner; and God is guardian over all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-12.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** كَنزٌۭ — kanzun · "a treasure"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَت۪يمَيْنِ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوهُمَا صَالِحاًۚ فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَبْلُغَٓا اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَاۗ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ اَمْر۪يۜ ذٰلِكَ تَأْو۪يلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراًۜ۟

Waamma aljidaru fakanalighulamayni yateemayni fee almadeenati wakana tahtahukanzun lahuma wakana aboohuma salihanfaarada rabbuka an yablugha ashuddahumawayastakhrija kanzahuma rahmatan min rabbikawama faAAaltuhu AAan amree thalika ta/weelu malam tastiAA AAalayhi sabra

“And as for the wall: it belonged to two fatherless lads in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them. And their father had been righteous, and thy Lord desired that they should reach maturity, and to bring forth their treasure as a mercy from thy Lord; and I did it not by my command. That is the interpretation of what thou couldst not be patient in.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-82.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** كَنزَهُمَا — kanzahumā · "their treasure"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَت۪يمَيْنِ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوهُمَا صَالِحاًۚ فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَبْلُغَٓا اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَاۗ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ اَمْر۪يۜ ذٰلِكَ تَأْو۪يلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراًۜ۟

Waamma aljidaru fakanalighulamayni yateemayni fee almadeenati wakana tahtahukanzun lahuma wakana aboohuma salihanfaarada rabbuka an yablugha ashuddahumawayastakhrija kanzahuma rahmatan min rabbikawama faAAaltuhu AAan amree thalika ta/weelu malam tastiAA AAalayhi sabra

“And as for the wall: it belonged to two fatherless lads in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them. And their father had been righteous, and thy Lord desired that they should reach maturity, and to bring forth their treasure as a mercy from thy Lord; and I did it not by my command. That is the interpretation of what thou couldst not be patient in.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-82.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** كَنزٌ — kanzun · "a treasure"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَوْ يُلْقٰٓى اِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ اَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَاۜ وَقَالَ الظَّالِمُونَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا رَجُلاً مَسْحُوراً

Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahujannatun ya/kulu minha waqala aththalimoonain tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashoora

“Or a treasure were but sent to him! Or there were for him but a garden from which he ate!” And the wrongdoers say: “You follow only a man taken by sorcery.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-8.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** وَكُنُوزٍۢ — wakunūzin · "And treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَر۪يمٍۙ

Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareem

And treasures and a noble station.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-58.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكُنُوزِ — l-kunūzi · "the treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسٰى فَبَغٰى عَلَيْهِمْۖ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ مَٓا اِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُٓوأُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ اُو۬لِي الْقُوَّةِۗ اِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِح۪ينَ

Inna qaroona kana min qawmimoosa fabagha AAalayhim waataynahumina alkunoozi ma inna mafatihahu latanoo-obilAAusbati olee alquwwati ith qalalahu qawmuhu la tafrah inna Allaha layuhibbu alfariheen

Qārūn was of the people of Moses, but he oppressed them. And We had given him of treasures that whereof the keys weighed down a company of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him: “Exult thou not — God loves not the exultant —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-76.md_

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