# Sin-Nun-Vav — سنو (snw)

> Occurs in 20 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Year, light, brightness, height, sublimity, magnificence
- **Derived forms:** سَنَا (1) · سَنَة (7) · سِنِين (12)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةٍۢ — sanatin · "year(s)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ اَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلٰى حَيٰوةٍۚ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ اَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِه۪ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ اَنْ يُعَمَّرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Walatajidannahum ahrasa annasiAAala hayatin wamina allatheenaashrakoo yawaddu ahaduhum law yuAAammaru alfa sanatin wamahuwa bimuzahzihihi mina alAAathabi anyuAAammara wallahu baseerun bimayaAAmaloon

And thou wilt find them the greediest of men for life. And of those who ascribe a partnership: one of them wishes to be granted life of a thousand years, but it will not remove him from the punishment were he to be granted life; and God sees what they do.

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

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةًۭ ۛ — sanatan · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ فَاِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ اَرْبَع۪ينَ سَنَةًۚ يَت۪يهُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ۟

Qala fa-innaha muharramatunAAalayhim arbaAAeena sanatan yateehoona fee al-ardi falata/sa AAala alqawmi alfasiqeen

He said: “Then shall it be forbidden them forty years; they shall wander in the earth; and grieve thou not over the perfidious people.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-26.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 130

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلسِّنِينَ — bil-sinīna · "with years (of famine)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ اَخَذْنَٓا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّن۪ينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Walaqad akhathna alafirAAawna bissineena wanaqsin mina aththamaratilaAAallahum yaththakkaroon

And We seized the house of Pharaoh with drought and loss of crops, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-130.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّنِينَ — l-sinīna · "(of) the years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَٓاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُوراً وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّن۪ينَ وَالْحِسَابَۜ مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ ذٰلِكَ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۜ يُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Huwa allathee jaAAala ashshamsadiyaan walqamara nooran waqaddarahu manazilalitaAAlamoo AAadada assineena walhisabama khalaqa Allahu thalika illa bilhaqqiyufassilu al-ayati liqawmin yaAAlamoon

He it is that made the sun an illumination, and the moon a light; and He determined for it phases, that you might know the number of years and the reckoning. God created that not save in truth; He sets out and details the proofs for people who know.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-5.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَقَالَ لِلَّذ۪ي ظَنَّ اَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْن۪ي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۘ فَاَنْسٰيهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّه۪ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِن۪ينَۜ ۟

Waqala lillathee thannaannahu najin minhuma othkurnee AAindarabbika faansahu ashshaytanu thikrarabbihi falabitha fee assijni bidAAa sineen

And he said to him he knew would be delivered of the two: “Remember thou me before thy lord.” But the satan caused him to forget the mention to his lord; so he stayed in prison some years.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-42.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِن۪ينَ دَاَباًۚ فَمَا حَصَدْتُمْ فَذَرُوهُ ف۪ي سُنْبُلِه۪ٓ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ

Qala tazraAAoona sabAAa sineenadaaban fama hasadtum fatharoohu feesunbulihi illa qaleelan mimma ta/kuloon

He said: “You will sow seven years as usual; what you have reaped, leave in the ear save a little whereof you will eat.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-47.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسِّنِينَ — l-sinīna · "(of) the years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ اٰيَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَٓا اٰيَةَ الَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْـنَٓا اٰيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِتَبْتَغُوا فَضْلاً مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّن۪ينَ وَالْحِسَابَۜ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ تَفْص۪يلاً

WajaAAalna allayla wannaharaayatayni famahawna ayata allayliwajaAAalna ayata annahari mubsiratanlitabtaghoo fadlan min rabbikum walitaAAlamoo AAadada assineenawalhisaba wakulla shay-in fassalnahutafseela

And We appointed the night and the day as two proofs; and We erase the proof of the night and make the proof of day sight-giving, that you might seek favour of your Lord, and that you might know the number of years and the reckoning; and everything have We set out and detailed with full explanation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-12.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِن۪ينَ عَدَداًۙ

Fadarabna AAala athanihimfee alkahfi sineena AAadada

Then smote We their ears in the cave a number of years.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-11.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَبِثُوا ف۪ي كَـهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِن۪ينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً

Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalathami-atin sineena wazdadoo tisAAa

“And they tarried in their cave three hundred years!” And they increased by nine.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-25.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "(some) years"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِذْ تَمْش۪ٓي اُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ يَكْفُلُهُۜ فَرَجَعْنَاكَ اِلٰٓى اُمِّكَ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَۜ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً فَنَجَّيْنَاكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُوناً۠ فَلَبِثْتَ سِن۪ينَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلٰى قَدَرٍ يَا مُوسٰى

Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu haladullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ilaommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzanawaqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannakafutoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma ji/ta AAalaqadarin ya moosa

“When thy sister went and said: ‘Shall I direct you to one who will take care of him?’ So We returned thee to thy mother, that her eye might be comforted and grieve not. And thou didst kill a soul; and We delivered thee from distress, and subjected thee to means of denial by a trial. And thou didst tarry years among the people of Madyan; then camest thou as ordained, O Moses.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-40.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةٍۢ — sanatin · "year(s)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِالْعَذَابِ وَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللّٰهُ وَعْدَهُۜ وَاِنَّ يَوْماً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ كَاَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

WayastaAAjiloonaka bilAAathabiwalan yukhlifa Allahu waAAdahu wa-inna yawman AAindarabbika kaalfi sanatin mimma taAAuddoon

And they ask thee to hasten the punishment! But God does not fail in His promise. And a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of what you count.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-47.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "(of) years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِن۪ينَ

Qala kam labithtum fee al-ardiAAadada sineen

He will say: “How long tarried you in the earth, by number of years?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-112.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَا — sanā · "(the) flash"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزْج۪ي سَحَاباً ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ ف۪يهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ  يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِه۪ يَذْهَبُ بِالْاَبْصَارِۜ

Alam tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar

Dost thou not see that God drives the clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them a mass, and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains therein of hail, and He strikes therewith whom He wills, and turns away therefrom whom He wills. The brilliance of His lightning almost takes away the sight.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-43.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

قَالَ اَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ ف۪ينَا وَل۪يداً وَلَبِثْتَ ف۪ينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِن۪ينَ

Qala alam nurabbika feenawaleedan walabithta feena min AAumurika sineen

Said he: “Did we not bring thee up among us as a child? And thou tarriedst among us years of thy life;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-18.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ — sinīna · "(for) years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَفَرَاَيْتَ اِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِن۪ينَۙ

Afaraayta in mattaAAnahum sineen

Hast thou then considered: if We give them enjoyment for years,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-205.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةٍ — sanatin · "year(s)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَلَبِثَ ف۪يهِمْ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ اِلَّا خَمْس۪ينَ عَاماًۜ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Walaqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi falabitha feehim alfa sanatin illa khamseena AAamanfaakhathahumu attoofanu wahum thalimoon

And We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years save fifty years; and the Flood took them when they were wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-14.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** سِنِينَ ۗ — sinīna · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

ف۪ي بِضْعِ سِن۪ينَۜ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُۜ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ

Fee bidAAi sineena lillahial-amru min qablu wamin baAAdu wayawma-ithin yafrahualmu/minoon

In a few years — to God belongs the command before and after — and, that day, the believers will exult

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

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةٍۢ — sanatin · "years"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

يُدَبِّرُ الْاَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُٓ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

Yudabbiru al-amra mina assama-iila al-ardi thumma yaAAruju ilayhi fee yawmin kanamiqdaruhu alfa sanatin mimma taAAuddoon

He directs the matter from the heaven to the earth; then it rises to Him in a day the measure whereof is a thousand years of what you count.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-5.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةًۭ — sanatan · "year(s)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ اِحْسَاناًۜ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهُ كُرْهاً وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهاًۜ وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلٰثُونَ شَهْراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ اَرْبَع۪ينَ سَنَةًۙ قَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْن۪ٓي اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَيَّ وَاَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحاً تَرْضٰيهُ وَاَصْلِحْ ل۪ي ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّت۪يۚ اِنّ۪ي تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَاِنّ۪ي مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Wawassayna al-insanabiwalidayhi ihsanan hamalat-hu ommuhukurhan wawadaAAat-hu kurhan wahamluhu wafisaluhuthalathoona shahran hatta ithabalagha ashuddahu wabalagha arbaAAeena sanatan qala rabbiawziAAnee an ashkura niAAmataka allatee anAAamta AAalayya waAAalawalidayya waan aAAmala salihan tardahuwaaslih lee fee thurriyyatee innee tubtuilayka wa-innee mina almuslimeen

And We enjoined upon man: towards his parents, good conduct. His mother bore him with aversion, and brought him forth with aversion; and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months. When he has reached maturity, and reaches forty years, he says: “My Lord: direct Thou me to be grateful for Thy favour with which Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and to work righteousness pleasing to Thee; and make Thou me right in my progeny. I have turned to Thee repentant. And I am of those submitting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-15.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** سَنَةٍۢ — sanatin · "year(s)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْس۪ينَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-4.md_

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