| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 155 (2:155:6) | وَنَقْصٍ | ونقص | ve naksin | and loss | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings(159) to those who patiently persevere,* | |||||
| 2 | Al-A'raf Verse 130 (7:130:6) | وَنَقْصٍ | ونقص | ve naksin | and a deficit | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition. | |||||
| 3 | At-Tawbah Verse 4 (9:4:0) | يَنْقُصُوكُمْ | ينقصوكم | yenkusûkum | they have failed you | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (But the treaties are) not dissolved(1249) with those Pagans with whom ye have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.* | |||||
| 4 | Hud Verse 84 (11:84:16) | تَنْقُصُوا | تنقصوا | tenkusû | decrease | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | To the Madyan People(1582) (We sent) Shu´aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah. Ye have no other god but Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity,(1583) but I fear for you the penalty of a day that will compass (you) all round.* | |||||
| 5 | Hud Verse 109 (11:109:20) | مَنْقُوصٍ۟ | منقوص | menkûs(in) | being diminished | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing(1611) but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion(1612) without (the least) abatement.* | |||||
| 6 | Ar-Ra'd Verse 41 (13:41:6) | نَنْقُصُهَا | ننقصها | nenkusuhâ | reducing it | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders?(1865) (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put back His Command: and He is swift in calling to account.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Anbiya Verse 44 (21:44:14) | نَنْقُصُهَا | ننقصها | nenkusuhâ | We reduce it | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period(2704) grew long for them; See they not that We(2705) gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?* | |||||
| 8 | Fatir Verse 11 (35:11:24) | يُنْقَصُ | ينقص | yunkasu | is lessened | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And Allah did create(3884) you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then(3885) He made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down (her load), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of days, nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree(3886) (ordained). All this is easy to Allah.(3887)* | |||||
| 9 | Qaf Verse 4 (50:4:4) | تَنْقُصُ | تنقص | tenkusu | diminishes | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We already know how much of them(4943) the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account).* | |||||
| 10 | Al-Muzzammil Verse 3 (73:3:3) | انْقُصْ | انقص | -nkus | lessen | ن ق ص |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Half of it,- or a little less, | |||||