# Nun-Kef-Ra — نكر (nkr)

> Occurs in 37 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To dislike, be unacquainted with, disown, disapprove with tongue or punishment, be hard, difficult, feel a repugnance towards, make charge
- **Derived forms:** أَنكَر (1) · مُّنكِرَة (1) · مُنكَر (18) · مُنكِرُون (3) · نَكِرَ (1) · نَكِّرُ (1) · نَكِير (4) · نُّكُر (1) · نُّكْر (3) · نَّكِير (1) · يُنكِرُ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 104

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ اُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ اِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِۜ  وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Waltakun minkum ommatun yadAAoona ilaalkhayri waya/muroona bilmaAAroofi wayanhawna AAanialmunkari waola-ika humu almuflihoon

And let there be from you a community inviting to good, and enjoining what is fitting, and forbidding perversity; and it is they who are the successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-104.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ اُمَّةٍ اُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِۜ وَلَوْ اٰمَنَ اَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْۜ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَاَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Kuntum khayra ommatin okhrijat linnasita/muroona bilmaAAroofi watanhawna AAani almunkariwatu/minoona billahi walaw amana ahlu alkitabilakana khayran lahum minhumu almu/minoona waaktharuhumualfasiqoon

You are the best community brought forth for mankind: you enjoin what is fitting, and you forbid perversity, and you believe in God. And had the doctors of the Law believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-110.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 114

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Yu/minoona billahi walyawmial-akhiri waya/muroona bilmaAAroofi wayanhawnaAAani almunkari wayusariAAoona fee alkhayrati waola-ikamina assaliheen

They believe in God and the Last Day, and enjoin what is fitting, and forbid perversity, and compete in good deeds; and those are among the righteous.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-114.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنكَرٍۢ — munkarin · "wrongdoing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُۜ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

Kanoo la yatanahawnaAAan munkarin faAAaloohu labi/sa ma kanooyafAAaloon

They forbade not one another what is perverse, but they did it; evil was what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-79.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْاُمِّيَّ الَّذ۪ي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوباً عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْج۪يلِۘ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهٰيهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَٓائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ اِصْرَهُمْ وَالْاَغْلَالَ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ فَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِه۪ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ مَعَهُٓۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ۟

Allatheena yattabiAAoona arrasoolaannabiyya al-ommiyya allathee yajidoonahumaktooban AAindahum fee attawrati wal-injeeliya/muruhum bilmaAAroofi wayanhahum AAani almunkariwayuhillu lahumu attayyibati wayuharrimuAAalayhimu alkhaba-itha wayadaAAu AAanhum israhumwal-aghlala allatee kanat AAalayhim fallatheenaamanoo bihi waAAazzaroohu wanasaroohu wattabaAAooannoora allathee onzila maAAahu ola-ikahumu almuflihoon

“Those who follow the Messenger, the unschooled prophet, whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins on them what is fitting and forbids them perversity, and making lawful for them the good things, and making unlawful for them the bad, and relieving them of their burden and the fetters that were upon them — those who believed in him, and supported him, and helped him, and followed the light which was sent down with him: it is they who are the successful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-157.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْمُنكَرِ — bil-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

اَلْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۢ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمُنْكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ اَيْدِيَهُمْۜ نَسُوا اللّٰهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْۜ اِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Almunafiqoona walmunafiqatubaAAduhum min baAAdin ya/muroona bilmunkariwayanhawna AAani almaAAroofi wayaqbidoona aydiyahum nasooAllaha fanasiyahum inna almunafiqeena humu alfasiqoon

The wavering men and the wavering women are alike: they enjoin perversity, and they forbid what is fitting, and they close their hands; they have forgotten God, so He has forgotten them. The waverers: they are the perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-67.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ بَعْضٍۢ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَيُط۪يعُونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Walmu/minoona walmu/minatubaAAduhum awliyao baAAdin ya/muroona bilmaAAroofiwayanhawna AAani almunkari wayuqeemoona assalatawayu/toona azzakata wayuteeAAoona Allahawarasoolahu ola-ika sayarhamuhumu Allahuinna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem

And the believing men and the believing women are allies of one another: they enjoin what is fitting, and forbid perversity, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, and obey God and His messenger; those: God will have mercy on them; God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-71.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

اَلتَّٓائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ الْحَامِدُونَ السَّٓائِحُونَ الرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ الْاٰمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللّٰهِۜ  وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Atta-iboona alAAabidoonaalhamidoona assa-ihoona arrakiAAoonaassajidoona al-amiroona bilmaAAroofiwannahoona AAani almunkari walhafithoonalihudoodi Allahi wabashshiri almu/mineen

The repentant, the serving, those praising, those journeying, the lowly, those submitting, those enjoining what is fitting, and those forbidding perversity, and the keepers of the limits of God[...]; and bear thou glad tidings to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-112.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** نَكِرَهُمْ — nakirahum · "he felt unfamiliar of them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا رَآٰ اَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ اِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خ۪يفَةًۜ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ اِنَّٓا اُرْسِلْـنَٓا اِلٰى قَوْمِ لُوطٍۜ

Falamma raa aydiyahum latasilu ilayhi nakirahum waawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloola takhaf inna orsilna ila qawmi loot

And when he saw their hands reaching not towards it, he was suspicious of them, and conceived a fear from them. They said: “Fear thou not; we have been sent to the people of Lot.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-70.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** مُنكِرُونَ — munkirūna · "knew him not"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَجَٓاءَ اِخْوَةُ يُوسُفَ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَ

Wajaa ikhwatu yoosufa fadakhalooAAalayhi faAAarafahum wahum lahu munkiroon

And the brothers of Joseph came, and entered upon him; and he knew them, but he was to them unknown.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-58.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** يُنكِرُ — yunkiru · "deny"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ وَمِنَ الْاَحْزَابِ مَنْ يُنْكِرُ بَعْضَهُۜ  قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ اللّٰهَ وَلَٓا اُشْرِكَ بِه۪ۜ اِلَيْهِ اَدْعُوا وَاِلَيْهِ مَاٰبِ

Wallatheena ataynahumualkitaba yafrahoona bima onzila ilaykawamina al-ahzabi man yunkiru baAAdahu qulinnama omirtu an aAAbuda Allaha wala oshrikabihi ilayhi adAAoo wa-ilayhi maab

And those to whom We gave the Writ exult at what is sent down to thee; and among the parties is he who denies some of it. Say thou: “I am only commanded to serve God, and to ascribe not a partnership to Him; to Him do I invite, and to Him is my return.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-36.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنكَرُونَ — munkarūna · "unknown"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ

Qala innakum qawmun munkaroon

He said: “You are people unknown.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-62.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنكِرَةٌۭ — munkiratun · "refuse"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مُنْكِرَةٌ وَهُمْ مُسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Ilahukum ilahun wahidunfallatheena la yu/minoona bil-akhiratiquloobuhum munkiratun wahum mustakbiroon

Your God is One God. And those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts deny, and they have waxed proud.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-22.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** يُنكِرُونَهَا — yunkirūnahā · "they deny it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ يُنْكِرُونَهَا وَاَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ۟

YaAArifoona niAAmata Allahi thummayunkiroonaha waaktharuhumu alkafiroon

They recognise the favour of God, then they deny it; and most of them are false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-83.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُنكَرِ — wal-munkari · "and the bad"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْاِحْسَانِ وَا۪يتَٓائِ ذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَيَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِۚ  يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Inna Allaha ya/muru bilAAadliwal-ihsani wa-eeta-i theealqurba wayanha AAani alfahsha-i walmunkariwalbaghyi yaAAithukum laAAallakum tathakkaroon

God commands justice, and good conduct, and giving to relatives, and forbids sexual immorality, and perversity, and sectarian zealotry. He admonishes you, that you might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-90.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** نُّكْرًۭا — nuk'ran · "evil"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَاماً فَقَتَلَهُۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍۜ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً نُكْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha laqiya ghulaman faqatalahu qalaaqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji/ta shay-annukra

So they went forth. When they had met a lad, he killed him. He said: “Hast thou killed a pure soul for other than a soul? Thou hast done a terrible thing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-74.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** نُّكْرًۭا — nuk'ran · "terrible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ اَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَاباً نُكْراً

Qala amma man thalamafasawfa nuAAaththibuhu thumma yuraddu ila rabbihifayuAAaththibuhu AAathaban nukra

He said: “As for him who does wrong: we will punish him; then will he be brought back to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-87.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** مُنكِرُونَ — munkirūna · "rejecters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَهٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُبَارَكٌ اَنْزَلْنَاهُۜ  اَفَاَنْتُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَ۟

Wahatha thikrun mubarakunanzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroon

And this is a blessed remembrance We sent down. Will you then not recognise it?

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

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_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** نَكِيرِ — nakīri · "My punishment"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَاَصْحَابُ مَدْيَنَۚ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسٰى فَاَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُهُمْۚ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَك۪يرِ

Waas-habu madyana wakuththibamoosa faamlaytu lilkafireena thumma akhathtuhumfakayfa kana nakeer

And the people of Madyan. And Moses was denied. So I granted the false claimers of guidance respite; then I seized them — then how was My rejection!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-44.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ — l-munkara · "the denial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ تَعْرِفُ ف۪ي وُجُوهِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الْمُنْكَرَۜ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَاۜ قُلْ اَفَاُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ مِنْ ذٰلِكُمْۜ اَلنَّارُۜ وَعَدَهَا اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ۟

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin taAArifu fee wujoohi allatheena kafarooalmunkara yakadoona yastoona billatheenayatloona AAalayhim ayatina qulafaonabbi-okum bisharrin min thalikum annaruwaAAadaha Allahu allatheena kafaroo wabi/saalmaseer

And when Our proofs are recited to them as clear signs, thou recognisest perversity in the faces of those who ignore warning; they all but attack those who recite Our proofs to them. Say thou: “Then shall I inform you of worse than that? The Fire God has promised to those who ignore warning! And evil is the journey’s end.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-72.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** مُنكِرُونَ — munkirūna · "(are) rejecting him"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَۘ

Am lam yaAArifoo rasoolahum fahum lahumunkiroon

Or if they did not know their messenger, and so do not recognise him,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-69.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ — wal-munkari · "and the evil"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَّبِـعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكٰى مِنْكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ اَبَداًۙ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزَكّ۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattabiAAoo khutuwati ashshaytaniwaman yattabiAA khutuwati ashshaytanifa-innahu ya/muru bilfahsha-i walmunkariwalawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhuma zaka minkum min ahadin abadan walakinnaAllaha yuzakkee man yashao wallahusameeAAun AAaleem

O you who heed warning: follow not the footsteps of the satan. And whoso follows the footsteps of the satan: he enjoins sexual immorality and perversity. And were it not for the bounty of God upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure ever. But God increases in purity whom He wills; and God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-21.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** نَكِّرُوا۟ — nakkirū · "Disguise"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

قَالَ نَكِّرُوا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنْظُرْ اَتَهْتَد۪ٓي اَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Qala nakkiroo laha AAarshahananthur atahtadee am takoonu mina allatheenala yahtadoon

(He said: “Disguise her throne for her; we will see if she is guided, or if she is of those not guided.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-41.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ — l-munkara · "evil"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · accusative case

اَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ السَّب۪يلَ وَتَأْتُونَ ف۪ي نَاد۪يكُمُ الْمُنْكَرَۜ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

A-innakum lata/toona arrijalawataqtaAAoona assabeela wata/toona fee nadeekumualmunkara fama kana jawaba qawmihi illaan qaloo i/tina biAAathabi Allahi inkunta mina assadiqeen

“Do you approach men, and cut off the way, and commit perversity in your assemblies?” Then the response of his people was only that they said: “Bring thou us the punishment of God, if thou be of the truthful.”

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ — wal-munkari · "and evil deeds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

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_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنكَرِ — l-munkari · "the wrong"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

يَا بُنَيَّ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَٓا اَصَابَكَۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُورِۚ

Ya bunayya aqimi assalatawa/mur bilmaAAroofi wanha AAani almunkari wasbirAAala ma asabaka inna thalika minAAazmi al-omoor

“O my son: uphold thou the duty, and enjoin thou what is fitting, and forbid thou perversity, and be thou patient over what befalls thee; that is among the resolution of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-17.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** أَنكَرَ — ankara · "(the) harshest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case

وَاقْصِدْ ف۪ي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَۜ اِنَّ اَنْكَرَ الْاَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَم۪يرِ۟

Waqsid fee mashyika waghdudmin sawtika inna ankara al-aswati lasawtualhameer

“And be thou modest in thy walk, and lower thou thy voice; the most loathsome of voices is the voice of the donkey.”

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-19.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** نَكِيرِ — nakīri · "My rejection"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَكَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۙ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُل۪ي۠ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَك۪يرِ۟

Wakaththaba allatheena minqablihim wama balaghoo miAAshara ma ataynahumfakaththaboo rusulee fakayfa kana nakeer

And those before them denied; and they attained not a tenth of what We gave them but they denied My messengers — then how was My rejection!

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-45.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** نَكِيرِ — nakīri · "My rejection"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَك۪يرِ۟

Thumma akhathtu allatheenakafaroo fakayfa kana nakeer

Then I seized those who ignored warning — then how was My rejection!

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-26.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** تُنكِرُونَ — tunkirūna · "will you deny"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ۗ فَاَيَّ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ تُنْكِرُونَ

Wayureekum ayatihi faayya ayatiAllahi tunkiroon

And He shows you His proofs; then which of the proofs of God do you deny?

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-81.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** نَّكِيرٍۢ — nakīrin · "denial"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اِسْتَج۪يبُوا لِرَبِّكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ مَلْجَاٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَك۪يرٍ

Istajeeboo lirabbikum min qabli an ya/tiyayawmun la maradda lahu mina Allahi ma lakummin malja-in yawma-ithin wama lakum min nakeer

Respond to your Lord before there comes a day there is no repelling from God; you will have no refuge that day, nor will there be for you any denial.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-47.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنكَرُونَ — munkarūna · "unknown"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَاماًۜ قَالَ سَلَامٌۚ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ

Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloosalaman qala salamun qawmun munkaroon

When they entered upon him and said: “Peace!” he said: “Peace, people unknown!”

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-25.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** نُّكُرٍ — nukurin · "terrible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْۢ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ اِلٰى شَيْءٍ نُكُرٍۙ

Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu addaAAiila shay-in nukur

So turn thou from them. The day the Caller calls to a thing beyond experience: —

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

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** مُنكَرًۭا — munkaran · "an evil"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَٓائِهِمْ مَا هُنَّ اُمَّهَاتِهِمْۜ اِنْ اُمَّهَاتُهُمْ اِلَّا الّٰٓئ۪ وَلَدْنَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَراً مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُوراًۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ

Allatheena yuthahiroonaminkum min nisa-ihim ma hunna ommahatihim inommahatuhum illa alla-ee waladnahumwa-innahum layaqooloona munkaran mina alqawli wazooran wa-innaAllaha laAAafuwwun ghafoor

Those among you who assist among their wives: — they are not their mothers; their mothers are only those who gave them birth. And they say what is perverse of speech, and a falsehood; but God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-2.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** نُّكْرًۭا — nuk'ran · "terrible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِه۪ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَاباً شَد۪يداً وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَاباً نُكْراً

Wakaayyin min qaryatin AAatat AAan amrirabbiha warusulihi fahasabnaha hisabanshadeedan waAAaththabnaha AAathabannukra

And how many a city scorned the command of its Lord and His messengers so We called it to a stern account and punished it with a terrible punishment!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-8.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** نَكِيرِ — nakīri · "My rejection"
  - **Grammar:** noun · nominative case

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَك۪يرِ

Walaqad kaththaba allatheenamin qablihim fakayfa kana nakeer

And those before them denied — then how was My rejection!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-18.md_

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