# Mim-Kef-Nun — مكن (mkn)

> Occurs in 18 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To give or assign someone a place, to establish or settle in an abode, to enable or empower someone to do a thing
- **Derived forms:** أَمْكَنَ (1) · مَكَّ (13) · مَّكِين (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ — makkannāhum · "We had established them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَكُمْ وَاَرْسَلْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِدْرَاراًۖ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَنْهَارَ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ فَاَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَاَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً اٰخَر۪ينَ

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna min qablihimmin qarnin makkannahum fee al-ardi ma lamnumakkin lakum waarsalna assamaa AAalayhimmidraran wajaAAalna al-anhara tajree min tahtihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waansha/na minbaAAdihim qarnan akhareen

Have they not considered how many a generation We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth as We have not established you, and We sent the sky upon them in abundant rains and made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their transgressions, and produced after them another generation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-6.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** نُمَكِّن — numakkin · "We (have) established"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

اَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَكُمْ وَاَرْسَلْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِدْرَاراًۖ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَنْهَارَ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ فَاَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَاَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْناً اٰخَر۪ينَ

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna min qablihimmin qarnin makkannahum fee al-ardi ma lamnumakkin lakum waarsalna assamaa AAalayhimmidraran wajaAAalna al-anhara tajree min tahtihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waansha/na minbaAAdihim qarnan akhareen

Have they not considered how many a generation We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth as We have not established you, and We sent the sky upon them in abundant rains and made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their transgressions, and produced after them another generation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-6.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ — makkannākum · "We established you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَعَايِشَۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَشْكُرُونَ۟

Walaqad makkannakum fee al-ardiwajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha qaleelan matashkuroon

And We have established you in the earth and made for you therein livelihoods; little are you grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-10.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَمْكَنَ — fa-amkana · "So He gave (you) power"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِنْ يُر۪يدُوا خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا اللّٰهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wa-in yureedoo khiyanataka faqad khanooAllaha min qablu faamkana minhum wallahuAAaleemun hakeem

And if they wish to betray thee, then they have betrayed God before, but He placed them in subjection; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-71.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** مَكَّنَّا — makkannā · "We established"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَقَالَ الَّذِي اشْتَرٰيهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ لِامْرَاَتِه۪ٓ اَكْرِم۪ي مَثْوٰيهُ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَنْفَعَنَٓا اَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَداًۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْاَرْضِۘ وَلِنُعَلِّمَهُ مِنْ تَأْو۪يلِ الْاَحَاد۪يثِۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَالِبٌ عَلٰٓى اَمْرِه۪ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Waqala allathee ishtarahumin misra limraatihi akrimee mathwahu AAasaan yanfaAAana aw nattakhithahu waladan wakathalikamakkanna liyoosufa fee al-ardi walinuAAallimahu minta/weeli al-ahadeethi wallahu ghalibunAAala amrihi walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon

And said he who bought him from Egypt, to his wife: “Be thou honourable in his dwelling; it may be that he will benefit us, or we will take him as a son.” And thus did We establish Joseph in the land, and that We might teach him the interpretation of narratives; and God prevails over His affair, but most men understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-21.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** مَكِينٌ — makīnun · "firmly established"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ ائْتُون۪ي بِه۪ٓ اَسْتَخْلِصْهُ لِنَفْس۪يۚ فَلَمَّا كَلَّمَهُ قَالَ اِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَك۪ينٌ اَم۪ينٌ

Waqala almaliku i/toonee bihiastakhlishu linafsee falamma kallamahu qalainnaka alyawma ladayna makeenun ameen

And the King said: “Bring him to me! I will attach him to my person.” Then when he had spoken with him, he said: “Thou art this day with us established and trusted.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-54.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** مَكَّنَّا — makkannā · "We established"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْاَرْضِۚ يَتَبَوَّاُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَٓاءُۜ نُص۪يبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ وَلَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wakathalika makanna liyoosufafee al-ardi yatabawwao minha haythu yashaonuseebu birahmatina man nashao walanudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

And thus We established Joseph in the land, to settle therein wheresoever he willed. We visit with Our mercy whom We will, and We cause not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-56.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** مَكَّنَّا — makkannā · "[We] established"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَباًۙ

Inna makkanna lahu fee al-ardiwaataynahu min kulli shay-in sababa

We established him in the earth, and gave him to everything a way;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-84.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** مَكَّنِّى — makkannī · "has established me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنّ۪ي ف۪يهِ رَبّ۪ي خَيْرٌ فَاَع۪ينُون۪ي بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْماًۙ

Qala ma makkannee feehi rabbeekhayrun faaAAeenoonee biquwwatin ajAAal baynakum wabaynahum radma

He said: “That wherein my Lord has established me is better; but assist me with strength: I will make between you and them a dam.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-95.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ — makkannāhum · "We establish them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اِنْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَمَرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلِلّٰهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْاُمُورِ

Allatheena in makkannahum feeal-ardi aqamoo assalata waatawooazzakata waamaroo bilmaAAroofi wanahawAAani almunkari walillahi AAaqibatu al-omoor

Those who, if We establish them in the land, uphold the duty and render the purity, and enjoin what is fitting, and forbid perversity; and to God belongs the final outcome of matters.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-41.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** مَّكِينٍۢ — makīnin · "firm"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً ف۪ي قَرَارٍ مَك۪ينٍۖ

Thumma jaAAalnahu nutfatan feeqararin makeen

Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a secure fixed lodging;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-13.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ — walayumakkinanna · "and that He will surely establish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۖ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ د۪ينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضٰى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ اَمْناًۜ يَعْبُدُونَن۪ي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ ب۪ي شَيْـٔاًۜ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

WaAAada Allahu allatheena amanoominkum waAAamiloo assalihatilayastakhlifannahum fee al-ardi kama istakhlafaallatheena min qablihim walayumakkinanna lahum deenahumuallathee irtada lahum walayubaddilannahum minbaAAdi khawfihim amnan yaAAbudoonanee la yushrikoona beeshay-an waman kafara baAAda thalika faola-ika humualfasiqoon

(God has promised those who heed warning among you and do righteous deeds that He will make them successors in the earth, even as He made those successors who were before them. And He will establish for them their doctrine which He approved for them, and will give them in exchange after their fear, safety. They serve Me; they ascribe not a partnership with Me to anything — and whoso denies after that: — it is they who are the perfidious.)

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-55.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** وَنُمَكِّنَ — wanumakkina · "And [We] establish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَنُرِيَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَحْذَرُونَ

Wanumakkina lahum fee al-ardi wanuriyafirAAawna wahamana wajunoodahuma minhum makanoo yahtharoon

And to establish them in the land, and to show Pharaoh and Hāmān and their forces through them what they feared.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-6.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** نُمَكِّن — numakkin · "We established"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَقَالُٓوا اِنْ نَتَّبِـعِ الْهُدٰى مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ اَرْضِنَاۜ اَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَهُمْ حَرَماً اٰمِناً يُجْبٰٓى اِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَاتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رِزْقاً مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Waqaloo in nattabiAAi alhudamaAAaka nutakhattaf min ardina awa lamnumakkin lahum haraman aminan yujba ilayhithamaratu kulli shay-in rizqan min ladunna walakinnaaktharahum la yaAAlamoon

And they say: “If we follow the guidance with thee, we will be swept from our land.” Have We not established for them a sanctuary secure whereto are collected the fruits of all things as a provision from Us? But most of them know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-57.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ — makkannāhum · "We had established them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ ف۪يمَٓا اِنْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ ف۪يهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَاَبْصَاراً وَاَفْـِٔدَةًۘ  فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَفْـِٔدَتُهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِذْ  كَانُوا يَجْحَدُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Walaqad makkannahum feema inmakkannakum feehi wajaAAalna lahum samAAan waabsaranwaaf-idatan fama aghna AAanhum samAAuhum walaabsaruhum wala af-idatuhum min shay-in ith kanooyajhadoona bi-ayati Allahi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And We had established them in that wherein We have not established you, and We gave them hearing and sight and hearts; but their hearing and sight and hearts availed them nothing when they rejected the proofs of God; and there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-26.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ — makkannākum · "We have established you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ ف۪يمَٓا اِنْ مَكَّنَّاكُمْ ف۪يهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَاَبْصَاراً وَاَفْـِٔدَةًۘ  فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَفْـِٔدَتُهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِذْ  كَانُوا يَجْحَدُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ۟

Walaqad makkannahum feema inmakkannakum feehi wajaAAalna lahum samAAan waabsaranwaaf-idatan fama aghna AAanhum samAAuhum walaabsaruhum wala af-idatuhum min shay-in ith kanooyajhadoona bi-ayati Allahi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

And We had established them in that wherein We have not established you, and We gave them hearing and sight and hearts; but their hearing and sight and hearts availed them nothing when they rejected the proofs of God; and there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-26.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** مَّكِينٍ — makīnin · "safe"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

فَجَعَلْنَاهُ ف۪ي قَرَارٍ مَك۪ينٍۙ

FajaAAalnahu fee qararinmakeen

And We placed it in a fixed lodging secure

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mursalat/verse-21.md_

### 81. Surah At-Takwir, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** مَكِينٍۢ — makīnin · "secure"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

ذ۪ي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَك۪ينٍۙ

Thee quwwatin AAinda theealAAarshi makeen

Possessor of power, with the Lord of the Throne secure,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takwir/verse-20.md_

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