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أُمْنِيَّت

amāniyya

wishful thinking

আশা আকাঙ্ক্ষা

Root letters: م ن يAppears 6 times in the Qur'an#1,133 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 114

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: م ن ي

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ1 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَمَانِىَّ5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَمَانِىَّwishful thinkingamāniyya · 1 times
  • أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗ(is) their wishful thinkingamāniyyuhum · 1 times
  • بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْby your desirebi-amāniyyikum · 1 times
  • أَمَانِىِّ(by the) desireamāniyyi · 1 times
  • أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦhis recitationum'niyyatihi · 1 times
  • ٱلْأَمَانِىُّthe wishful thinkingl-amāniyu · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root م ن ي — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

Surah 2:78 — Read full ayah

And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking. Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

Surah 2:111 — Read full ayah

It [i.e., Paradise] is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allāh a protector or a helper.

Surah 4:123 — Read full ayah