أ ن س / ن و س a-n-s
آنَسَ
ānasa
(a positive, cosy feeling one has, especially with people they can relate to)
Definition
- 1آنَسَānasato sense something positive; to be sociable, civil, casual, human97
- 2نَاسnāshumanity, people241
Total uses in the Qur’an: 338
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
آنَسَ · آنَسْتُمْ · تَسْتَأْنِسُوا · الْإِنْسُ · إِنْسِيًّا · الْإِنْسَانُ · أَنَاسِيَّ
ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارًۭا
… he spotted a fire on the side of Mount Ṭūr.
28:29draft glosses: 5 of 5
إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًۭا
I have spotted a fire.
20:10draft glosses: 3 of 3
لَا تَدْخُلُوا۟ بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تَسْتَأْنِسُوا۟
Do not enter any house other than your own houses until you have felt welcome.
24:27draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And I did not create jinn and humans except to worship Me.
51:56draft glosses: 6 of 6
فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّۭا
… so I am not talking to anybody today.
19:26draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
النَّاسُ · نَاسٌ
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ
O humanity!
2:21draft glosses: 2 of 2
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا
Indeed, Allah does not wrong people in the least.
10:44draft glosses: 6 of 6
مَلِكِ النَّاسِ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ
… the Master of humankind, the God of humankind.
114:2draft glosses: 4 of 4
Notes
ⓘAccording to some philologists نَاس nās originally came from أُنَاس unās (from أ ن س), with the hamza later dropped to ease pronunciation.
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed