# Nun-Sin-Lam — نسل (nsl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to beget, be fruitful in progeny. nasila - to hasten, crash.
- **Derived forms:** نَسْل (2) · يَنسِلُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗ — wal-nasla · "and progeny"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذَا تَوَلّٰى سَعٰى فِي الْاَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ ف۪يهَا وَيُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ وَالنَّسْلَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَسَادَ

Wa-itha tawalla saAAafee al-ardi liyufsida feeha wayuhlika alharthawannasla wallahu la yuhibbualfasad

And when he turns away, he strives in the land working corruption therein and destroying tilth and progeny; and God loves not corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-205.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** يَنسِلُونَ — yansilūna · "descend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ

Hatta itha futihatya/jooju wama/jooju wahum min kulli hadabin yansiloon

When Ya’jūj and Ma’jūj have been loosed, and they from every elevation hasten forth[...]

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-96.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** نَسْلَهُۥ — naslahu · "his progeny"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ مَه۪ينٍۚ

Thumma jaAAala naslahu min sulalatinmin ma-in maheen

Then He made his progeny of an extraction of despised water;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-8.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** يَنسِلُونَ — yansilūna · "[they] will hasten"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَنُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَاِذَا هُمْ مِنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَنْسِلُونَ

Wanufikha fee assoori fa-ithahum mina al-ajdathi ila rabbihim yansiloon

And the Trumpet will be blown; and then from the graves will they hasten forth to their Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-51.md_

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