Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 40
انس ان انت originally إِنَّ or is a derivative from اِنَّ. With prefixed to it is a particle of comparison. Sometimes كَاَنَّ denotes denial. كَأَنَّ also denotes knowing and also thinking. اَنَّ is sometimes contracted into آن. It is also syn. with لَعَلَّ as in إِيْتِ السُّوْقَ اَنَّكَ تَشْتَرِى لَنَا شَيْئً : Come to the market, may be thou wilt buy for us something. وَمَا يُشْعِرُكُمْ أَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءَتْ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ : And what should make thee know, may be when it comes, they will not believe )06:10( إِنَّ is a corroborative particle, corroborating the predicate; governing the subject in the accus. case and the predicate in the nom. case and it may generally be rendered as verily, certainly, surely and the like. إِنَّ is sometimes contracted into إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيمٌ إِنْ : Verily Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. It is also syn. with نَعَمْ i. e. even so; yes; yea, as in the verse إِنْ هَذَانَ لَسَاحِرَانِ يُرِيْدَانِ أَنْ يُخْرِجَاكُمْ : Verily, (or yes) these two are magicians who seek to drive you out )20:64( إِنَّمَا is considered to be a compound of إِنَّ and مَا meaning: Surely. It imports restriction of that which it precedes to that which follows it, giving the sense of "only". إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ : The alms are meant only for the poor (9:60). The word, however, does not always import restriction but sometimes only corroboration of an affirmation giving the sense of "verily" or "surely" as in إِنَّمَا الرِّبوا فِي النَّسِيِّئَةِ . i. e. surely one form of) usury is in the delay of payment. १० a aor. يَأْنك inf. noun انا : It was or became female or feminine or it (Iron) was or became soft. إِنَاثًا أَنْثَى plural) means, female; feminine; of the female sex or feminine gender. It also means inanimate things; small stars اِمْرَأَةٌ أُنْثَى : A feminine woman perfect woman. رَجُلٌ ذَكَرٌ : A man perfect in his masculine attributes. مُؤَنَّتٌ : An effeminate man or a man in the form of a woman; a feminine word. إِنْ يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُونِهِ إِلَّا إِنَاثًا : They invoke besides Him but lifeless objects )4:118( أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا : Did We create the angels females (37:151). لک أَنِسَ ]aor. يَأْنَسُ and أَنَسَ aor. يَأْنِسُ and يَأْنُسُ and اَنْسَ aor. يَأْنُسُ inf. noun أَنَسًا and أَنِسَ بِهِ [أَنَسَةً and أَنِسَ إِلَيْهِ and اِسْتَأْنَسَ بِهِ : He was or became 40