# Kaf-Nun-Ta — قنط (qnT)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to despair, lose courage, hinder, abandon hope
- **Derived forms:** قَنَطُ (4) · قَنُوط (1) · قَٰنِطِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ — l-qāniṭīna · "the despairing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْقَانِط۪ينَ

Qaloo bashsharnaka bilhaqqifala takun mina alqaniteen

They said: “We have brought thee glad tidings in truth; so be thou not of those who despair.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-55.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْنَطُ — yaqnaṭu · "despairs"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ وَمَنْ يَقْنَطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّه۪ٓ اِلَّا الضَّٓالُّونَ

Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmatirabbihi illa addalloon

He said: “And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-56.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْنَطُونَ — yaqnaṭūna · "despair"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذَٓا اَذَقْنَا النَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا بِهَاۜ وَاِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ اِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ

Watha athaqna annasarahmatan farihoo biha wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun bima qaddamat aydeehim itha hum yaqnatoon

And when We let men taste mercy, they exult thereat; but if evil befalls them because of what their hands sent ahead, then they despair.

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

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** تَقْنَطُوا۟ — taqnaṭū · "despair"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَسْرَفُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَم۪يعاًۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Qul ya AAibadiya allatheenaasrafoo AAala anfusihim la taqnatoo min rahmatiAllahi inna Allaha yaghfiru aththunoobajameeAAan innahu huwa alghafooru arraheem

Say thou: “O My servants who have committed excess against their souls: despair not of the mercy of God! God forgives transgressions altogether, — He is the Forgiving, the Merciful —

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-53.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** قَنُوطٌۭ — qanūṭun · "(and) despairs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

لَا يَسْـَٔمُ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ دُعَٓاءِ الْخَيْرِۘ وَاِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَؤُ۫سٌ قَنُوطٌ

La yas-amu al-insanu min duAAa-ialkhayri wa-in massahu ashsharru fayaoosun qanoot

Man grows not weary of calling for good; but if evil touches him, he is without hope and despairing.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-49.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** قَنَطُوا۟ — qanaṭū · "they have despaired"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا قَنَطُوا وَيَنْشُرُ رَحْمَتَهُۜ  وَهُوَ الْوَلِيُّ الْحَم۪يدُ

Wahuwa allathee yunazzilu alghaythamin baAAdi ma qanatoo wayanshuru rahmatahuwahuwa alwaliyyu alhameed

And He it is that sends down the rain after they have despaired, and unfurls His mercy; and He is the Ally, the Praiseworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-28.md_

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