# Vav-he-Nun — وهن (whn)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be weak/feeble/faint/infirm, remiss, languid.
- **Derived forms:** أَوْهَن (1) · مُوهِن (1) · وَهَنَ (5) · وَهْن (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 139

- **Form in this verse:** تَهِنُوا۟ — tahinū · "weaken"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَهِنُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَاَنْتُمُ الْاَعْلَوْنَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wala tahinoo wala tahzanoowaantumu al-aAAlawna in kuntum mu/mineen

And faint not, nor grieve, and you will be the superior ones, if you be believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-139.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 146

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَنُوا۟ — wahanū · "they lost heart"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قَاتَلَۙ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَث۪يرٌۚ فَمَا وَهَنُوا لِمَٓا اَصَابَهُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا وَمَا اسْتَكَانُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Wakaayyin min nabiyyin qatalamaAAahu ribbiyyoona katheerun fama wahanoo lima asabahumfee sabeeli Allahi wama daAAufoo wamaistakanoo wallahu yuhibbu assabireen

And alongside how many a prophet have fought many stoutly devout men! And they fainted not at what befell them in the cause of God; neither did they weaken, nor did they yield. And God loves the patient.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-146.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 104

- **Form in this verse:** تَهِنُوا۟ — tahinū · "be weak"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَهِنُوا فِي ابْتِغَٓاءِ الْقَوْمِۜ اِنْ تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَاِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَۚ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَك۪يماً۟

Wala tahinoo fee ibtigha-ialqawmi in takoonoo ta/lamoona fa-innahum ya/lamoona kamata/lamoona watarjoona mina Allahi ma layarjoona wakana Allahu AAaleeman hakeema

And faint not in seeking the people; if you are suffering, then are they suffering even as you are suffering; but you hope from God for that for which they hope not; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-104.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** مُوهِنُ — mūhinu · "one who makes weak"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · nominative case

ذٰلِكُمْ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Thalikum waanna Allaha moohinukaydi alkafireen

That:[...]. ­— And because God makes weak the plan of the false claimers of guidance,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-18.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَنَ — wahana · "(have) weakened"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنّ۪ي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْباً وَلَمْ اَكُنْ بِدُعَٓائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِياًّ

Qala rabbi innee wahana alAAathmuminnee washtaAAala arra/su shayban walam akunbiduAAa-ika rabbi shaqiyya

He said: “My Lord: feeble are become the bones within me, and my head is aflame with white hair, yet never have I been wretched in my call to Thee, my Lord,

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

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** أَوْهَنَ — awhana · "the weakest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِۚ اِتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتاًۜ وَاِنَّ اَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

Mathalu allatheena ittakhathoomin dooni Allahi awliyaa kamathali alAAankabootiittakhathat baytan wa-inna awhana albuyooti labaytualAAankabooti law kanoo yaAAlamoon

The likeness of those who take allies, besides God, is as the likeness of the spider that takes a house; and the weakest of houses is the house of the spider, did they but know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-41.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَهْنًا — wahnan · "(in) weakness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِۚ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهُ وَهْناً عَلٰى وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ ف۪ي عَامَيْنِ اَنِ اشْكُرْ ل۪ي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَۜ اِلَيَّ الْمَص۪يرُ

Wawassayna al-insanabiwalidayhi hamalat-hu ommuhu wahnan AAalawahnin wafisaluhu fee AAamayni ani oshkur lee waliwalidaykailayya almaseer

And We enjoined upon man concerning his parents: — his mother bore him in weakness upon weakness; and his weaning is in two years — “Be thou grateful to Me, and to thy parents; unto Me is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-14.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَهْنٍۢ — wahnin · "weakness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِۚ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهُ وَهْناً عَلٰى وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ ف۪ي عَامَيْنِ اَنِ اشْكُرْ ل۪ي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَۜ اِلَيَّ الْمَص۪يرُ

Wawassayna al-insanabiwalidayhi hamalat-hu ommuhu wahnan AAalawahnin wafisaluhu fee AAamayni ani oshkur lee waliwalidaykailayya almaseer

And We enjoined upon man concerning his parents: — his mother bore him in weakness upon weakness; and his weaning is in two years — “Be thou grateful to Me, and to thy parents; unto Me is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-14.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** تَهِنُوا۟ — tahinū · "weaken"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَا تَهِنُوا وَتَدْعُٓوا اِلَى السَّلْمِۗ وَاَنْتُمُ الْاَعْلَوْنَۗ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلَنْ يَتِرَكُمْ اَعْمَالَكُمْ

Fala tahinoo watadAAoo ila assalmiwaantumu al-aAAlawna wallahu maAAakum walanyatirakum aAAmalakum

So relent not and sue for peace when you have the upper hand; and God is with you, and He will not deprive you of your deeds.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-35.md_

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