# Kaf-Nun-Ta-Ra — قنطر (qnTr)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To have a heap of wealth, have a large sum of money, have treasures, have talent. qintar - heap of wealth/treasure/talent, ancient unit of money and weight.
- **Derived forms:** قِنطَار (3) · مُقَنطَرَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ — wal-qanāṭīri · "and [the] heaps"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ وَالْبَن۪ينَ وَالْقَنَاط۪يرِ الْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَاٰبِ

Zuyyina linnasi hubbuashshahawati mina annisa-i walbaneenawalqanateeri almuqantarati mina aththahabiwalfiddati walkhayli almusawwamati wal-anAAamiwalharthi thalika mataAAu alhayatiaddunya wallahu AAindahu husnualmaab

Made fair for men is the love of lusts — for women, and sons, and amassed fortunes of gold and silver, and branded horses, and cattle, and tilth: that is the provision of the life of this world — but God, with Him is the best journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-14.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ — l-muqanṭarati · "[the] stored up"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · passive · feminine · genitive case

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ وَالْبَن۪ينَ وَالْقَنَاط۪يرِ الْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَاٰبِ

Zuyyina linnasi hubbuashshahawati mina annisa-i walbaneenawalqanateeri almuqantarati mina aththahabiwalfiddati walkhayli almusawwamati wal-anAAamiwalharthi thalika mataAAu alhayatiaddunya wallahu AAindahu husnualmaab

Made fair for men is the love of lusts — for women, and sons, and amassed fortunes of gold and silver, and branded horses, and cattle, and tilth: that is the provision of the life of this world — but God, with Him is the best journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-14.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** بِقِنطَارٍۢ — biqinṭārin · "with a great amount of wealth"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ اِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنْطَارٍ يُؤَدِّه۪ٓ اِلَيْكَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِد۪ينَارٍ لَا يُؤَدِّه۪ٓ اِلَيْكَ اِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَٓائِماًۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْاُمِّيّ۪نَ سَب۪يلٌۚ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wamin ahli alkitabi man in ta/manhubiqintarin yu-addihi ilayka waminhum man in ta/manhubideenarin la yu-addihi ilayka illa madumta AAalayhi qa-iman thalika bi-annahum qaloolaysa AAalayna fee al-ommiyyeena sabeelun wayaqooloonaAAala Allahi alkathiba wahum yaAAlamoon

And among the doctors of the Law is he who, if thou entrust him with a fortune, will deliver it to thee. And among them is he who, if thou entrust him with a dinar, will not return it to thee unless thou stand over him. For it is that they say: “We owe nothing to the unschooled”; and they ascribe the lie to God, when they know!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-75.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** قِنطَارًۭا — qinṭāran · "heap (of gold)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنْ اَرَدْتُمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَكَانَ زَوْجٍۙ وَاٰتَيْتُمْ اِحْدٰيهُنَّ قِنْطَاراً فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۜ اَتَأْخُذُونَهُ بُهْتَاناً وَاِثْماً مُب۪يناً

Wa-in aradtumu istibdala zawjin makanazawjin waataytum ihdahunna qintaranfala ta/khuthoo minhu shay-an ata/khuthoonahubuhtanan wa-ithman mubeena

And if you wish to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a fortune, take not from it anything; would you take it through false accusation and obvious sin?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-20.md_

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