ن ش أ n-sh-ʾ
أَنْشَأَ
an-shaʾa / nāshiʾah / munshaʾāt
to raise, give rise to
Definition
- 1أَنْشَأَan-shaʾato raise, originate, create, produce26
- 2نَاشِئَةnāshiʾahrising for prayer, worship initiated at night1
- 3مُنْشَآتmunshaʾātships raising their masts1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 28
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
أَنْشَأَ · أَنشَأْنَا · يُنشِئُ · ٱلنَّشْأَةَ
وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌۭ مُّجِيبٌۭ
And to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."
11:61draft glosses: 27 of 27
ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Then We produced after them a generation of others.
23:31draft glosses: 6 of 6
إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ
Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation
56:35draft glosses: 3 of 3
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ
Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?
56:72draft glosses: 6 of 6
قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah, over all things, is competent."
29:20draft glosses: 19 of 19
أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍۢ
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?
43:18draft glosses: 9 of 9
Sense 2
نَاشِئَةَ
إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ هِىَ أَشَدُّ وَطْـًۭٔا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا
Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.
73:6draft glosses: 8 of 8
Sense 3
ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
55:24draft glosses: 5 of 6 · 1 pending
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed