# Lam-Ye-Nun — لين (lyn)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Soft, softness, looseness, weakness, flexibility, kindness, easiness, delicateness
- **Derived forms:** أَلَ (1) · لِّينَة (1) · لَّيِّن (1) · لِن (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 159

- **Form in this verse:** لِنتَ — linta · "you dealt gently"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْۚ وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَل۪يظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَۖ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِۚ فَاِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّل۪ينَ

Fabima rahmatin mina Allahilinta lahum walaw kunta faththan ghaleethaalqalbi lanfaddoo min hawlika faAAfuAAanhum wastaghfir lahum washawirhum fee al-amrifa-itha AAazamta fatawakkal AAala Allahiinna Allaha yuhibbu almutawakkileen

And because of the mercy of God, thou wast lenient with them; and hadst thou been coarse and stern, they would have disbanded from about thee. So pardon thou them, and ask thou forgiveness for them, and take thou counsel with them in the affair. And when thou hast made a decision, place thou thy trust in God; God loves those who would place their trust aright.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-159.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** لَّيِّنًۭا — layyinan · "gentle"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلاً لَيِّناً لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ اَوْ يَخْشٰى

Faqoola lahu qawlan layyinanlaAAallahu yatathakkaru aw yakhsha

“And speak to him a gentle word, that he might take heed, or fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-44.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَلَنَّا — wa-alannā · "And We made pliable"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا دَاوُ۫دَ مِنَّا فَضْلاًۜ يَا جِبَالُ اَوِّب۪ي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْرَۚ وَاَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَد۪يدَۙ

Walaqad atayna dawoodaminna fadlan ya jibalu awwibeemaAAahu wattayra waalanna lahu alhadeed

And We gave David from Us bounty: “O you mountains: echo with it, and you birds.” And We softened iron for him:

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-10.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** تَلِينُ — talīnu · "relax"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اَللّٰهُ نَزَّلَ اَحْسَنَ الْحَد۪يثِ كِتَاباً مُتَشَابِهاً مَثَانِيَۗ  تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْۚ ثُمَّ تَل۪ينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ اِلٰى ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ هُدَى اللّٰهِ يَهْد۪ي بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍ

Allahu nazzala ahsana alhadeethikitaban mutashabihan mathaniya taqshaAAirruminhu juloodu allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum thummataleenu julooduhum waquloobuhum ila thikri Allahithalika huda Allahi yahdee bihi man yashaowaman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min had

God has sent down the best narration: a Writ of paired comparison whereat shiver the skins of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts soften to the remembrance of God — that is the guidance of God wherewith He guides whom He wills; and whom God sends astray, for him there is no guide.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-23.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** لِّينَةٍ — līnatin · "(the) palm-trees"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ ل۪ينَةٍ اَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَٓائِمَةً عَلٰٓى اُصُولِهَا فَبِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ وَلِيُخْزِيَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Ma qataAAtum min leenatin awtaraktumooha qa-imatan AAala osoolihafabi-ithni Allahi waliyukhziya alfasiqeen

What you cut down of palm-trees or left standing on its roots: it was by the leave of God, and that He might disgrace the perfidious.

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

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