Dictionary › نَالَ
Highlights
Present tense
يَنَالُ
Verbal nouns
نَيْل، مَنَال
Active participle
نَائِل
Passive participle
مَنِيل
نَالَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to get, to obtain, to acquire, to gain
كَيْفَ يَنَالُ ٱلبَشَرُ ٱلخُطَاةُ رِضَى اللّٰهِ؟How do sinful humans gain God's approval?
- to reach
لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ"My covenant does not reach to the wrongdoers."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:124لَن يَنَالَ ٱللّٰهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَاؤُهَا وَلٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقْوَى مِنْكُمْTheir meat will not reach Allah, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:37
نَالَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | نِلْتُ | أَنَالُ | أَنَالَ | أَنَلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | نِلْتَ | تَنَالُ | تَنَالَ | تَنَلْ | نَلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | نِلْتِ | تَنَالِينَ | تَنَالِي | تَنَالِي | نَالِي |
| هُوَ he | نَالَ | يَنَالُ | يَنَالَ | يَنَلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | نَالَتْ | تَنَالُ | تَنَالَ | تَنَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | نِلْتُمَا | تَنَالَانِ | تَنَالَا | تَنَالَا | نَالَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | نَالَا | يَنَالَانِ | يَنَالَا | يَنَالَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | نَالَتَا | تَنَالَانِ | تَنَالَا | تَنَالَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | نِلْنَا | نَنَالُ | نَنَالَ | نَنَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | نِلْتُمْ | تَنَالُونَ | تَنَالُوا | تَنَالُوا | نَالُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | نِلْتُنَّ | تَنَلْنَ | تَنَلْنَ | تَنَلْنَ | نَلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | نَالُوا | يَنَالُونَ | يَنَالُوا | يَنَالُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | نِلْنَ | يَنَلْنَ | يَنَلْنَ | يَنَلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | نَيْل، مَنَال |
|---|---|
| Active participle | نَائِل |
| Passive participle | مَنِيل |
نَالَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to get
كَيْفَ يَنَالُ ٱلبَشَرُ ٱلخُطَاةُ رِضَى اللّٰهِ؟How do sinful humans gain God's approval?
to reach
لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ"My covenant does not reach to the wrongdoers."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:124
to reach
لَن يَنَالَ ٱللّٰهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَاؤُهَا وَلٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقْوَى مِنْكُمْTheir meat will not reach Allah, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:37
From a fully vowelled text
وَكُلُّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ مُؤْمِنِينَ تَنَالُونَهُ».And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.Matthew 21:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلكِنْ وَيْلٌ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الأَغْنِيَاءُ، لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ نِلْتُمْ عَزَاءَكُمْ.But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.Luke 6:24, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
انْظُرُوا إِلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ لِئَلاَّ نُضَيِّعَ مَا عَمِلْنَاهُ، بَلْ نَنَالَ أَجْرًا تَامًّا.Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.2 John 1:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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