# Nun-Sin-Fe — نسف (nsf)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to uproot, reduce to powder, scatter, throw down, destroy, shatter, smash, blown down to pieces
- **Derived forms:** نَسْف (2) · نُسِفَتْ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ — lanansifannahu · "certainly we will scatter it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ اَنْ تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَاِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِداً لَنْ تُخْلَفَهُۚ  وَانْظُرْ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِكَ الَّذ۪ي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفاًۜ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفاً

Qala fathhab fa-innalaka fee alhayati an taqoola la misasawa-inna laka mawAAidan lan tukhlafahu wanthurila ilahika allathee thaltaAAalayhi AAakifan lanuharriqannahu thummalanansifannahu fee alyammi nasfa

He said: “Then go thou, for in this life it is for thee to say: ‘Outcast!’ And there is for thee an appointment thou canst not fail to keep. And look thou upon thy god to which thou remainedst devoted! We will burn it; then will we scatter it in the sea with a blast.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-97.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** نَسْفًا — nasfan · "(in) particles"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ اَنْ تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَاِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِداً لَنْ تُخْلَفَهُۚ  وَانْظُرْ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِكَ الَّذ۪ي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفاًۜ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفاً

Qala fathhab fa-innalaka fee alhayati an taqoola la misasawa-inna laka mawAAidan lan tukhlafahu wanthurila ilahika allathee thaltaAAalayhi AAakifan lanuharriqannahu thummalanansifannahu fee alyammi nasfa

He said: “Then go thou, for in this life it is for thee to say: ‘Outcast!’ And there is for thee an appointment thou canst not fail to keep. And look thou upon thy god to which thou remainedst devoted! We will burn it; then will we scatter it in the sea with a blast.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-97.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** يَنسِفُهَا — yansifuhā · "Will blast them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبّ۪ي نَسْفاًۙ

Wayas-aloonaka AAani aljibali faqulyansifuha rabbee nasfa

And they ask thee about the mountains. Say thou: “My Lord will scatter them with a blast

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-105.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** نَسْفًۭا — nasfan · "(into) particles"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبّ۪ي نَسْفاًۙ

Wayas-aloonaka AAani aljibali faqulyansifuha rabbee nasfa

And they ask thee about the mountains. Say thou: “My Lord will scatter them with a blast

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-105.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** نُسِفَتْ — nusifat · "are blown away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْۙ

Wa-itha aljibalu nusifat

And when the mountains are scattered,

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

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