# Nun-Fe-Ra — نفر (nfr)

> Occurs in 18 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To run away from fight, go forth from any business (as from war), march, grow wild, restive.
- **Derived forms:** مُّسْتَنفِرَة (1) · نَفَر (3) · نَفَرَ (8) · نُفُور (5) · نَفِير (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنفِرُوا۟ — fa-infirū · "and advance"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ فَانْفِرُوا ثُبَاتٍ اَوِ انْفِرُوا جَم۪يعاً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookhuthoo hithrakum fanfiroo thubatinawi infiroo jameeAAa

O you who heed warning: take your precautions, and advance in groups or advance all together.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-71.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنفِرُوا۟ — infirū · "advance"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ فَانْفِرُوا ثُبَاتٍ اَوِ انْفِرُوا جَم۪يعاً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookhuthoo hithrakum fanfiroo thubatinawi infiroo jameeAAa

O you who heed warning: take your precautions, and advance in groups or advance all together.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-71.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنفِرُوا۟ — infirū · "go forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَا لَكُمْ اِذَا ق۪يلَ لَكُمُ انْفِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ اِلَى الْاَرْضِۜ اَرَض۪يتُمْ بِالْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِۚ فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooma lakum itha qeela lakumu infiroo fee sabeeli Allahiiththaqaltum ila al-ardi aradeetum bilhayatiaddunya mina al-akhirati fama mataAAualhayati addunya fee al-akhiratiilla qaleel

O you who heed warning: what ails you that when it is said to you: “Go forth in the cause of God,” you cling to the earth? Are you content with the life of this world over the Hereafter? But the enjoyment of the life of this world in the Hereafter is only small.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-38.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** تَنفِرُوا۟ — tanfirū · "you go forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Illa tanfiroo yuAAaththibkumAAathaban aleeman wayastabdil qawman ghayrakum walatadurroohu shay-an wallahu AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Save you go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and replace you with a people other than you — and you will not harm Him at all; and God is over all things powerful —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-39.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنفِرُوا۟ — infirū · "Go forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافاً وَثِقَالاً وَجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِكُمْ وَاَنْفُسِكُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Infiroo khifafan wathiqalanwajahidoo bi-amwalikum waanfusikum fee sabeeli Allahithalikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoon

Go forth, light or heavy, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of God; that is best for you, if you would know.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-41.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** تَنفِرُوا۟ — tanfirū · "go forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَرِحَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ بِمَقْعَدِهِمْ خِلَافَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَكَرِهُٓوا اَنْ يُجَاهِدُوا بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَقَالُوا لَا تَنْفِرُوا فِي الْحَرِّۜ قُلْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ اَشَدُّ حَراًّۜ لَوْ كَانُوا يَفْقَهُونَ

Fariha almukhallafoona bimaqAAadihimkhilafa rasooli Allahi wakarihoo an yujahidoobi-amwalihim waanfusihim fee sabeeli Allahi waqaloola tanfiroo fee alharri qul naru jahannamaashaddu harran law kanoo yafqahoon

Those who remained behind exulted at their remaining behind the messenger of God, and disliked to strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of God; and they said: “Go not forth in the heat.” Say thou: “The fire of Gehenna is more intense in heat,” would that they understood.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-81.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 122

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَنفِرُوا۟ — liyanfirū · "that they go forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنْفِرُوا كَٓافَّةًۜ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طَٓائِفَةٌ لِيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدّ۪ينِ وَلِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ اِذَا رَجَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ۟

Wama kana almu/minoonaliyanfiroo kaffatan falawla nafara min kullifirqatin minhum ta-ifatun liyatafaqqahoo fee addeeniwaliyunthiroo qawmahum itha rajaAAoo ilayhimlaAAallahum yahtharoon

And it is not for the believers to go forth all at once; and were it not that from every party among them there should go forth a number to gain knowledge in the doctrine, and to warn their people when they return to them, that they might beware[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-122.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 122

- **Form in this verse:** نَفَرَ — nafara · "go forth"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنْفِرُوا كَٓافَّةًۜ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طَٓائِفَةٌ لِيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدّ۪ينِ وَلِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ اِذَا رَجَعُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ۟

Wama kana almu/minoonaliyanfiroo kaffatan falawla nafara min kullifirqatin minhum ta-ifatun liyatafaqqahoo fee addeeniwaliyunthiroo qawmahum itha rajaAAoo ilayhimlaAAallahum yahtharoon

And it is not for the believers to go forth all at once; and were it not that from every party among them there should go forth a number to gain knowledge in the doctrine, and to warn their people when they return to them, that they might beware[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-122.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** نَفِيرًا — nafīran · "numerous"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاَمْدَدْنَاكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَبَن۪ينَ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ اَكْثَرَ نَف۪يراً

Thumma radadna lakumu alkarrataAAalayhim waamdadnakum bi-amwalin wabaneenawajaAAalnakum akthara nafeera

Then We returned to you a turn over them, and supplied you with wealth and sons, and made you greater in influence.

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

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** نُفُورًۭا — nufūran · "(in) aversion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواۜ وَمَا يَز۪يدُهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafna fee hathaalqur-ani liyaththakkaroo wama yazeeduhumilla nufoora

And We have expounded in this Qur’an, that they take heed; but it increases them only in aversion.

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

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** نُفُورًۭا — nufūran · "(in) aversion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًۜ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوراً

WajaAAalna AAala quloobihimakinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran wa-ithathakarta rabbaka fee alqur-ani wahdahuwallaw AAala adbarihim nufoora

And We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when thou rememberest thy Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs in aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-46.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** نَفَرًۭا — nafaran · "(in) men"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِه۪ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُٓ اَنَا۬ اَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالاً وَاَعَزُّ نَفَراً

Wakana lahu thamarun faqala lisahibihiwahuwa yuhawiruhu ana aktharu minka malanwaaAAazzu nafara

And he had fruit, and said to his companion while conversing with him: “I am greater than thee in wealth and mightier in men.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-34.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** نُفُورًۭا ۩ — nufūran · "(in) aversion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اسْجُدُوا لِلرَّحْمٰنِ قَالُوا وَمَا الرَّحْمٰنُۗ اَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُوراً۟

Wa-itha qeela lahumu osjudoo lirrahmaniqaloo wama arrahmanu anasjudulima ta/muruna wazadahum nufoora

And when it is said to them: “Submit to the Almighty,” they say: “And what is the Almighty? Are we to submit to what thou commandest us?” And it increases them in aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-60.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** نُفُورًا — nufūran · "(in) aversion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِنْ جَٓاءَهُمْ نَذ۪يرٌ لَيَكُونُنَّ اَهْدٰى مِنْ اِحْدَى الْاُمَمِۚ فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ نَذ۪يرٌ مَا زَادَهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوراًۙ

Waaqsamoo billahi jahda aymanihimla-in jaahum natheerun layakoonunna ahda minihda al-omami falamma jaahum natheerunma zadahum illa nufoora

And they swore by God their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than any of the communities; but when a warner came to them, it increased them only in aversion,

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-42.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** نَفَرًۭا — nafaran · "a party"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ صَرَفْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْاٰنَۚ  فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُٓوا اَنْصِتُواۚ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوْا اِلٰى قَوْمِهِمْ مُنْذِر۪ينَ

Wa-ith sarafna ilaykanafaran mina aljinni yastamiAAoona alqur-ana falammahadaroohu qaloo ansitoo falammaqudiya wallaw ila qawmihim munthireen

And when We turned towards thee a band of the domini, listening in to the Qur’an, and when they were in its presence they said: “Listen attentively”; then, when it was concluded, they turned back to their people, warning.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-29.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** وَنُفُورٍ — wanufūrin · "and aversion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي يَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۚ بَلْ لَجُّوا ف۪ي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor

If: “Who is this?” — “That who will provide for you if He withhold His provision!” — the truth is, they have persisted in scorn and aversion.

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

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** نَفَرٌۭ — nafarun · "a group"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قُلْ اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيَّ اَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُٓوا اِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْاٰناً عَجَباًۙ

Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAanafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAnaqur-anan AAajaba

Say thou: “It is revealed to me, that a band of the domini listened in, and they said: ‘We have heard an amazing recitation

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-1.md_

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ — mus'tanfiratun · "frightened"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of istif'al · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

As if they were startled donkeys

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-50.md_

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