# Se-Kh-Nun — ثخن (vxn)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to be thick, become coarse, stiff, subdue thoroughly, have a regular fighting, cause much slaughter, have a triumphant war, to render/inflict, to be made heavy with something or prone. athkhana - to do something great, make much slaughter, overcome, battle strenuously.
- **Derived forms:** أَثْخَن (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** يُثْخِنَ — yuth'khina · "he has battled strenuously"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ اَنْ يَكُونَ لَـهُٓ اَسْرٰى حَتّٰى يُثْخِنَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ تُر۪يدُونَ عَرَضَ الدُّنْيَاۗ وَاللّٰهُ يُر۪يدُ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Ma kana linabiyyin an yakoonalahu asra hatta yuthkhina fee al-arditureedoona AAarada addunya wallahuyureedu al-akhirata wallahu AAazeezun hakeem

It is not for a prophet to have captives until he has battled strenuously in the land. You desire the goods of the World, and God desires the Hereafter; and God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-67.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ — athkhantumūhum · "you have subdued them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَاِذَا لَق۪يتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَثْخَنْتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَناًّ بَعْدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَٓاءً حَتّٰى تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ اَوْزَارَهَاۚۛ ذٰلِكَۜۛ وَلَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ۬ا بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ قُتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنْ يُضِلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Fa-itha laqeetumu allatheenakafaroo fadarba arriqabi hattaitha athkhantumoohum fashuddoo alwathaqa fa-immamannan baAAdu wa-imma fidaan hatta tadaAAaalharbu awzaraha thalika walaw yashaoAllahu lantasara minhum walakinliyabluwa baAAdakum bibaAAdin wallatheenaqutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi falan yudillaaAAmalahum

And when you meet those who ignore warning: — then the smiting of the necks. When you have battled them strenuously, then make strong the bonds; then: — either grace thereafter or ransom, until the war lays down its burdens. That when, had God willed, He would have taken revenge upon them; but that He might try some of you by means of others[...]. And those who are slain in the cause of God, He will not send their deeds astray;

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-4.md_

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