# Nun-Kh-Lam — نخل (nxl)

> Occurs in 20 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To sift, send down, snow, drizzle, cloud, select, pick out the best of. Nakhal lahuu alnasiihaten - to give earnest advice.
- **Derived forms:** نَخْل (11) · نَّخْلَة (2) · نَّخِيل (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 266

- **Form in this verse:** نَّخِيلٍۢ — nakhīlin · "date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

اَيَوَدُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ لَهُ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۙ وَاَصَابَهُ الْكِبَرُ وَلَهُ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَٓاءُۖ فَاَصَابَهَٓا اِعْصَارٌ ف۪يهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَتْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Ayawaddu ahadukum an takoona lahujannatun min nakheelin waaAAnabin tajree min tahtihaal-anharu lahu feeha min kulli aththamaratiwaasabahu alkibaru walahu thurriyyatun duAAafaofaasabaha iAAsarun feehi narun fahtaraqatkathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu al-ayatilaAAallakum tatafakkaroon

Would one of you wish to have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, beneath which rivers flow, he having every fruit therein?[...]. And old age befell him, and he had weak progeny, and a cyclone wherein was fire befell it, and it was burned up. Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might give thought.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-266.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّخْلِ — l-nakhli · "the date-palm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۚ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهُ خَضِراً نُخْرِجُ مِنْهُ حَباًّ مُتَرَاكِباًۚ وَمِنَ النَّخْلِ مِنْ طَلْعِهَا قِنْوَانٌ دَانِيَةٌ وَجَنَّاتٍ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُشْتَبِهاً وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍۜ اُنْظُـرُٓوا اِلٰى ثَمَرِه۪ٓ اِذَٓا اَثْمَرَ وَيَنْعِه۪ۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Wahuwa allathee anzala mina assama-imaan faakhrajna bihi nabata kulli shay-infaakhrajna minhu khadiran nukhriju minhu habbanmutarakiban wamina annakhli min talAAihaqinwanun daniyatun wajannatin min aAAnabinwazzaytoona warrummana mushtabihanwaghayra mutashabihin onthuroo ilathamarihi itha athmara wayanAAihi inna fee thalikumlaayatin liqawmin yu/minoon

And He it is that sends down from the sky water; and We bring forth thereby the growth of all things; and We bring forth from it greenery, bringing forth from it grain heaped up; and from the date-palm, from its spathes, bunches of dates within reach; and gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet different. Look upon the fruit thereof when it bears fruit and it ripens: in that are proofs for people who believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-99.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّخْلَ — wal-nakhla · "and the date-palm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَ جَنَّاتٍ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَالنَّخْلَ وَالزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفاً اُكُلُهُ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِهاً وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍۜ  كُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِه۪ٓ اِذَٓا اَثْمَرَ وَاٰتُوا حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِه۪ۘ وَلَا تُسْرِفُواۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَۙ

Wahuwa allathee anshaa jannatinmaAArooshatin waghayra maAArooshatin wannakhlawazzarAAa mukhtalifan okuluhu wazzaytoona warrummanamutashabihan waghayra mutashabihin kuloo minthamarihi itha athmara waatoo haqqahu yawma hasadihiwala tusrifoo innahu la yuhibbu almusrifeen

And He it is that produces gardens, trellised and untrellised, and the date-palms, and crops diverse in their food, and the olive and the pomegranate, similar yet different. Eat of the fruit thereof when it bears fruit, and render its due on the day of its harvest; and commit not excess, He loves not the committers of excess.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-141.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَخِيلٌۭ — wanakhīlun · "and date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَفِي الْاَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخ۪يلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقٰى بِمَٓاءٍ وَاحِدٍ۠ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فِي الْاُكُلِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wafee al-ardi qitaAAun mutajawiratunwajannatun min aAAnabin wazarAAun wanakheelun sinwanunwaghayru sinwanin yusqa bima-in wahidinwanufaddilu baAAdaha AAala baAAdinfee alokuli inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the earth are tracts adjacent to one another; and gardens of grapevines, and crops, and date-palms with roots shared and independent — watered with one water; and some of them We make exceed in food others; in that are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-4.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّخِيلَ — wal-nakhīla · "and the date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

يُنْبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخ۪يلَ وَالْاَعْنَابَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Yunbitu lakum bihi azzarAAa wazzaytoonawannakheela wal-aAAnaba wamin kulli aththamaratiinna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroon

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, and the olives, and the date-palms, and the grapevines, and every fruit. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-11.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّخِيلِ — l-nakhīli · "the date-palm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخ۪يلِ وَالْاَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَراً وَرِزْقاً حَسَناًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamin thamarati annakheeli wal-aAAnabitattakhithoona minhu sakaran warizqan hasanan innafee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaAAqiloon

And of the fruits of the date-palms and grapevines: you take therefrom an intoxicant, and goodly provision. In that is a proof for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-67.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** نَّخِيلٍۢ — nakhīlin · "date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

اَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْاَنْهَارَ خِلَالَهَا تَفْج۪يراًۙ

Aw takoona laka jannatun min nakheelinwaAAinabin fatufajjira al-anhara khilalahatafjeera

“Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, and thou cause rivers to gush forth in the midst thereof abundantly,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-91.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** بِنَخْلٍۢ — binakhlin · "with date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاًۜ

Wadrib lahum mathalanrajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannataynimin aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlinwajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAa

And strike thou for them a similitude: — two men: We made for one of them two gardens of grapevines, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed between them crops.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-32.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّخْلَةِ — l-nakhlati · "(of) the date-palm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

فَاَجَٓاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ اِلٰى جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِۚ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْياً مَنْسِياًّ

Faajaaha almakhadu ilajithAAi annakhlati qalat ya laytaneemittu qabla hatha wakuntu nasyan mansiyya

And the pains of childbirth brought her to the trunk of the date-palm. She said: “Would that I had died before this and been utterly forgotten!”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-23.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّخْلَةِ — l-nakhlati · "(of) the date-palm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَهُزّ۪ٓي اِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِياًّۘ

Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya

“And shake thou towards thee the trunk of the date-palm; it will drop upon thee ripe, fresh dates.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-25.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّخْلِ — l-nakhli · "(of) date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۜ  اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ ف۪ي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِۘ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَيُّـنَٓا اَشَدُّ عَذَاباً وَاَبْقٰى

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafinwalaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi annakhliwalataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa

Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery; then will I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of date-palms; and you will know which of us is severer in punishment and more enduring.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-71.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** نَّخِيلٍۢ — nakhīlin · "of date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

فَاَنْشَأْنَا لَكُمْ بِه۪ جَنَّاتٍ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍۢ لَكُمْ ف۪يهَا فَوَاكِهُ۬ كَث۪يرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۙ

Faansha/na lakum bihi jannatinmin nakheelin waaAAnabin lakum feeha fawakihukatheeratun waminha ta/kuloon

And We produced for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapevines — for you therein is much fruit, and thereof you eat —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-19.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 148

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَخْلٍۢ — wanakhlin · "and date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَض۪يمٌۚ

WazurooAAin wanakhlin talAAuhahadeem

“And tilled fields, and date-palms with slender spathes,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-148.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** نَّخِيلٍۢ — nakhīlin · "date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪يهَا جَنَّاتٍ مِنْ نَخ۪يلٍ وَاَعْنَابٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا ف۪يهَا مِنَ الْعُيُونِۙ

WajaAAalna feeha jannatinmin nakheelin waaAAnabin wafajjarna feehamina alAAuyoon

And We made therein gardens of date-palms and grapevines; and We caused to gush forth therein springs,

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-34.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّخْلَ — wal-nakhla · "And the palms trees"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَالنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَاتٍ لَهَا طَلْعٌ نَض۪يدٌۙ

Wannakhla basiqatinlaha talAAun nadeed

And tall date-palms with spathes in layers

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-10.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** نَخْلٍۢ — nakhlin · "(of) date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

تَنْزِ عُ النَّاسَۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُنْقَعِرٍ

TanziAAu annasa kaannahumaAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAir

Removing men as if they were stumps of uprooted date-palms.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-20.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّخْلُ — wal-nakhlu · "and date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

ف۪يهَا فَاكِهَةٌۖ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْاَكْمَامِ

Feeha fakihatun wannakhluthatu al-akmam

Therein is fruit, and date-palms with sheaths,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-11.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَخْلٌۭ — wanakhlun · "and date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

ف۪يهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌۚ

Feehima fakihatun wanakhlunwarumman

Wherein is fruit, and date-palms, and pomegranate;

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-68.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** نَخْلٍ — nakhlin · "(of) date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوماً فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ ف۪يهَا صَرْعٰىۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

Which He compelled against them seven nights and eight days without let; and thou mightest see the people therein lying prostrate like stumps of hollow date-palms.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-7.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَخْلًۭا — wanakhlan · "and date-palms"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَزَيْتُوناً وَنَخْلاًۙ

Wazaytoonan wanakhla

And olives, and date-palms,

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-29.md_

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