ن-ف-س (n-f-s)
self; soul; souls
1133 occurrences · 265 English renderings
Word Forms
→ “self”, “soul”, “souls”, “corrupt inclination”, “anyone”, “evil passions”, “one”, “passions”, “rational faculty”, “spirit”, “divine essence”, “earthly desires”, “one of you”, “fallen”, “he”, “himself”, “followers”, “human heart”, “inclination”, “knowledge”, “man”, “mere act”, “my”, “passion”, “selfish”, “selves”, “soul of god”, “that”, “breath”, “dead”, “duty”, “heart”, “same as themselves”, “own”, “own fancies”, “vain and selfish desires”, “heedless one”, “utterances”, “ways and desires”, “which”, “neighbor”, “selfish desires”
→ “one”, “man”, “soul”, “anyone”, “any man”, “he”, “myself”, “person”, “him”, “souls”, “none”, “that”, “whosoever”, “any”, “any gift”, “any one”, “dictates of my passions”, “gazeth”, “he hath”, “he that seeketh”, “he who”, “may my soul”, “me”, “men”, “moments”, “name”, “neither myself nor my life”, “one instant”, “one of”, “one wronged”, “some one”, “some person”, “someone”, “hath remained faithful”, “fallen”, “man whom”, “unlettered”, “truth”, “neighbor”, “whosoever standeth”
→ “souls”, “men”, “people”, “soul”, “beings”, “believers”, “true believer”, “understanding heart”, “impostor”, “loved ones”, “insincere”, “officials”, “ones”, “peoples”, “petty-minded souls”, “residents”, “souls of”, “the”, “down-cast”, “faithful”, “forces”, “soul of man”, “themselves”, “feeble”, “they”, “they that”, “those”, “who”, “victims”
→ “self”, “thyself”, “thine own self”, “thine own being”, “thee”, “august self”, “glorify thine essence”, “in”, “might”, “thy”, “them”, “thine”, “thine all-glorious self”, “thine own”, “godhead”, “whom thou thyself”, “nature”
→ “himself”, “own self”, “him”, “life”, “it”, “god”, “him who”, “essence”, “own”, “own accord”, “i”, “heart”, “very heart”, “itself”, “souls”, “who is himself”, “within themselves”
→ “thyself”, “self”, “himself”, “thine own self”, “any one”, “own self”, “reveal thee”, “thee”, “godhead”, “thine own exalted self”, “wherewith thou praisest thyself”
→ “souls”, “access unto”, “contrary”, “others”, “spirits”, “those”, “which the hands”, “yourselves”
→ “thyself”, “soul”, “thine own self”, “himself”, “veil”, “thine inmost heart”, “thine own desire”, “passions”, “proper self”, “self”, “station”
→ “yourselves”, “both ye”, “deprive”, “remain yourselves”, “secret of your hearts”, “vaunt yourselves”, “ye”, “imaginations”, “souls”, “waywardness”
→ “himself”, “own self”, “own standard”, “him”, “life”, “person”, “person of”, “unaided and alone”
→ “men”, “them”, “they that”, “are they”, “one of our companions”, “handful”, “them who”, “they”, “they that are”, “they who”, “those”
→ “thee”, “thine own self”, “self”, “devoted to thee”, “purpose”, “spirit”, “thyself”, “nature”, “thee belong”
→ “self”, “thyself”, “thee”, “thine own self”, “name”, “favor”, “thou thyself”
→ “yourselves”, “you”, “your”, “desires”, “hearts”, “own selves”
→ “thyself”, “one standing”, “be fair in your judgment”, “self”, “thine heart”, “thine inmost heart”, “thine own self”, “thine own soul”, “thy”
→ “thine own self”, “thee”, “thyself”, “spirit”, “face”, “glory”, “nature”
→ “selves”, “their”, “own”, “own security”, “proper selves”, “them”, “themselves”, “they”, “they uttered”
→ “soul”, “myself”, “himself”, “i”, “my”, “body”, “life”, “myself wholly”, “would that my life”
→ “myself”, “me”, “self”, “herself”, “soul”, “spirit”
→ “self”, “corrupt inclinations”, “own wish”, “nature”, “flesh”, “suffer”, “evil and corrupt desires”, “worldly vanity”, “your”
→ “you”, “your”, “judgment”, “nature”, “own selves”
→ “myself”, “mine own self”, “life”, “state”, “whole life”, “sufferings”
→ “soul”, “any”, “within every soul”
→ “themselves”, “own”, “them”
→ “himself”, “manifestation”, “own”, “own self”, “stead”, “being”, “person of”
→ “own”, “own nature”, “him”, “himself”, “his”, “self”
→ “souls”, “men”, “soul”, “hearts of men”
→ “own selves”, “trust”, “hearts”, “own”, “souls”, “themselves”, “within them”
→ “sake”, “himself”, “he”, “godhood”, “powerlessness”, “themselves”
→ “desires”, “man”, “self”, “sordid machinations”, “their”
→ “evil”, “soul”, “corrupt desire”, “passions”, “own selves”
→ “he who”, “whoever”, “whom”, “him who”
→ “describe thee”, “self”, “thine own concealment”, “thine own revelation”, “be the same as”
→ “i swear”, “i swear by thyself”, “swear by thy self”, “thou art thyself my witness—i”
English Renderings
| Rendering | Count | % | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| souls | 62 | | أنفسكم , أَنْفُسَهُمْ , أَنْفُسُ +17 |
| self | 59 | | النّفس , بنفس , بِنَفْسِكَ +21 |
| soul | 49 | | النّفوس , النَّفْسِ , النُّفُوسُ +18 |
| thyself | 37 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , لنفسک , لِنَفْسِكَ +10 |
| himself | 28 | | بنفسه , لنفسه , لِنَفْسِهِ +10 |
| myself | 26 | | بِنَفْسِي , بِنَفْسِيْ , لنفسي +12 |
| thine own self | 20 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , لِنَفْسِكَ , نفسك +6 |
| thee | 17 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , لِنَفْسِكَ , لِنَفْسِكَ، +5 |
| yourselves | 16 | | أنفسكم , أنفسکم , انفس +1 |
| themselves | 16 | | أنفسهم , أَنْفُسَهُمْ , أَنْفُسِهِم +10 |
| own self | 16 | | بنفس , بنفسه , لنفسه +4 |
| men | 14 | | النّفوس , نفسی , نفوس +2 |
| man | 14 | | لنفس , لنفسٍ , نفس +3 |
| one | 14 | | نفس , نفسى , نفسی +1 |
| own selves | 12 | | أنفسکم , أَنْفُسَهُمْ﴾، , أَنْفُسِهِمْ +8 |
| anyone | 11 | | نفس , نفسًا , نفسی |
| own | 10 | | أنفسهم , أَنْفُسِهِمْ , انفسهم +5 |
| life | 10 | | بنفسه , بنفسک , فونفسي +5 |
| me | 10 | | بنفسي , بِنَفْسي، , بِنَفْسِي +5 |
| him | 9 | | بنفسه , نفسه , نفسی +3 |
| them | 8 | | أنفسهم , انفسهم , بنفوسی +2 |
| he | 8 | | لِنَفْسِهِ , نفس , نفسی +1 |
| you | 7 | | أنفسکم , انفسكم , انفسکم +1 |
| desires | 5 | | أنفسکم , النَّفْسَ , لأنفسکم +2 |
| nature | 5 | | النّفس , انفسکم , لِنَفْسِكَ +2 |
| person | 5 | | بنفسك , بنفسه , نفسی |
| spirit | 5 | | لِنَفْسِكَ , نفس , نَفْسِكَ، +1 |
| any man | 5 | | نفسی |
| thine own being | 5 | | نَفْسَكَ، , نَفْسِكَ |
| passions | 4 | | النَّفْسِ , نفس , نفسک |
| those | 4 | | انفس , انفسی , نفوس +1 |
| mine own self | 4 | | بِنَفْسِيْ , فونفسي , لِنَفْسِيْ، +1 |
| my | 4 | | لِنَفْسِي , نفس , نَفْسي +1 |
| breath | 4 | | نفس , نَفَس , نَفَسی |
| their | 3 | | أنفسهم , بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ , نفسانی |
| they | 3 | | أنفسهم , نفوس , نفوسی |
| your | 3 | | أنفسکم , النّفس , انفسکم |
| hearts | 3 | | أنفسکم , أَنْفُسِكُم؛ , أَنْفُسِهِمْ |
| evil | 3 | | النَّفْسِ |
| own nature | 3 | | بِنَفْسِهِ , نَفْسِهِ |
| none | 3 | | لأنفسکم , نفسی |
| that | 3 | | نفس , نفسی |
| heart | 3 | | نفس , نفسه , نَفْسِيْ، |
| they that | 3 | | نفوس , نفوسی |
| selves | 2 | | أنفسهم , نفس |
| lives | 2 | | أَنْفُسَهُمْ , والنّفوس |
| evil and corrupt desires | 2 | | النّفس , النَّفْسَ |
| own standard | 2 | | بنفسه |
| person of | 2 | | بنفسه , لنفسه |
| essence | 2 | | بنفسها , نفسه |
| name | 2 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , نفسی |
| breathe | 2 | | تَنَفَّسَ , تَنَفَّسْ |
| own sakes | 2 | | لأَنْفُسِهِمْ , لانفسهم |
| being | 2 | | لنفسه , نَفسِی |
| itself | 2 | | لِنَفْسِها , نفسه |
| sake | 2 | | لِنَفْسِهِ |
| corrupt inclination | 2 | | نفس |
| evil passions | 2 | | نفس |
| fallen | 2 | | نفس , نفسی |
| rational faculty | 2 | | نفس |
| neighbor | 2 | | نفس , نفسی |
| selfish desires | 2 | | نفس , نفسیّه |
| thine inmost heart | 2 | | نفسك , نفسک |
| thy | 2 | | نفسك , نَفْسِكَ |
| him who | 2 | | نفسه , نفسيکه |
| i | 2 | | نفسه , نَفْسِي |
| it | 2 | | نفسه |
| he who | 2 | | نفسيکه , نفسی |
| any | 2 | | نفسی , نَفْسٍ |
| any one | 2 | | نفسی , نَفْسَكَ |
| whosoever | 2 | | نفسی |
| people | 2 | | نفوس |
| godhead | 2 | | نَفْسَكَ , نَفْسِكَ |
| thine own | 2 | | نَفْسِك , نَفْسِكَ |
| august self | 2 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| herself | 2 | | نَفْسِها , نَفْسِيْ |
| men’s attention | 1 | | أنفس |
| both ye | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| deprive | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| remain yourselves | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| secret of your hearts | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| vaunt yourselves | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| ye | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| imaginations | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| waywardness | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| own security | 1 | | أنفسهم |
| proper selves | 1 | | أنفسهم |
| they uttered | 1 | | أنفسهم |
| us | 1 | | أَنْفُسَنا |
| trust | 1 | | أَنْفُسِهِمْ |
| within them | 1 | | أَنْفُسِهِمْ |
| corrupt inclinations | 1 | | النّفس |
| own wish | 1 | | النّفس |
| flesh | 1 | | النّفس |
| suffer | 1 | | النّفس |
| worldly vanity | 1 | | النّفس |
| hearts of men | 1 | | النّفوس |
| any evil or corrupt desire | 1 | | النَّفْسُ |
| corrupt desire | 1 | | النَّفْسِ |
| whisperings | 1 | | انفاس |
| access unto | 1 | | انفس |
| contrary | 1 | | انفس |
| others | 1 | | انفس |
| spirits | 1 | | انفس |
| which the hands | 1 | | انفس |
| judgment | 1 | | انفسکم |
| own persons | 1 | | اَنفُسِهِم. |
| through | 1 | | بنفس |
| unaided and alone | 1 | | بنفسه |
| favor | 1 | | بِنَفْسِكَ |
| thou thyself | 1 | | بِنَفْسِكَ |
| very nature | 1 | | بِنَفْسِهِ |
| alone and unaided | 1 | | بِنَفْسِي |
| corrupt desires | 1 | | بِنَفْسِي |
| breath i have breathed | 1 | | تَنَفَّسْتُ |
| own behoof | 1 | | فلأنفسکم |
| i testify | 1 | | فونفس |
| righteousness | 1 | | فونفسه |
| i swear | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| i swear by thyself | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| swear by thy self | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| thou art thyself my witness—i | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| even as one soul | 1 | | كَنَفْسٍ |
| manifestation | 1 | | لنفسه |
| stead | 1 | | لنفسه |
| thine own sake | 1 | | لنفسک |
| mine own | 1 | | لنفسی |
| over mine own self | 1 | | لنفسی |
| devoted to thee | 1 | | لِنَفْسِكَ |
| purpose | 1 | | لِنَفْسِكَ |
| thee belong | 1 | | لِنَفْسِكَ |
| godhood | 1 | | لِنَفْسِهِ |
| powerlessness | 1 | | لِنَفْسِهِ |
| mine | 1 | | لِنَفْسِي |
| myself to be altogether nothing | 1 | | لِنَفْسِيْ |
| divine essence | 1 | | نفس |
| earthly desires | 1 | | نفس |
| one of you | 1 | | نفس |
| followers | 1 | | نفس |
| human heart | 1 | | نفس |
| inclination | 1 | | نفس |
| knowledge | 1 | | نفس |
| mere act | 1 | | نفس |
| passion | 1 | | نفس |
| selfish | 1 | | نفس |
| soul of god | 1 | | نفس |
| dead | 1 | | نفس |
| duty | 1 | | نفس |
| same as themselves | 1 | | نفس |
| own fancies | 1 | | نفس |
| vain and selfish desires | 1 | | نفس |
| heedless one | 1 | | نفس |
| utterances | 1 | | نفس |
| ways and desires | 1 | | نفس |
| which | 1 | | نفس |
| imaginings | 1 | | نفسانيّه |
| sordid machinations | 1 | | نفسانی |
| selfish desire | 1 | | نفسانی. |
| one standing | 1 | | نفسك |
| be fair in your judgment | 1 | | نفسك |
| thine heart | 1 | | نفسك |
| thine own soul | 1 | | نفسك |
| secure | 1 | | نفسنا |
| god | 1 | | نفسه |
| own accord | 1 | | نفسه |
| very heart | 1 | | نفسه |
| who is himself | 1 | | نفسه |
| within themselves | 1 | | نفسه |
| within herself | 1 | | نفسها |
| state | 1 | | نفسي |
| whole life | 1 | | نفسي |
| sufferings | 1 | | نفسي |
| satanic | 1 | | نفسيّه |
| whoever | 1 | | نفسيکه |
| whom | 1 | | نفسيکه |
| any soul | 1 | | نفسًا |
| supreme being | 1 | | نفسِ |
| veil | 1 | | نفسک |
| thine own desire | 1 | | نفسک |
| proper self | 1 | | نفسک |
| station | 1 | | نفسک |
| any gift | 1 | | نفسی |
| dictates of my passions | 1 | | نفسی |
| gazeth | 1 | | نفسی |
| he hath | 1 | | نفسی |
| he that seeketh | 1 | | نفسی |
| may my soul | 1 | | نفسی |
| moments | 1 | | نفسی |
| neither myself nor my life | 1 | | نفسی |
| one instant | 1 | | نفسی |
| one of | 1 | | نفسی |
| one wronged | 1 | | نفسی |
| some one | 1 | | نفسی |
| some person | 1 | | نفسی |
| someone | 1 | | نفسی |
| hath remained faithful | 1 | | نفسی |
| man whom | 1 | | نفسی |
| unlettered | 1 | | نفسی |
| truth | 1 | | نفسی |
| whosoever standeth | 1 | | نفسی |
| he is indeed | 1 | | نفسیست |
| unseemly motives | 1 | | نفسیّه |
| beings | 1 | | نفوس |
| believers | 1 | | نفوس |
| true believer | 1 | | نفوس |
| understanding heart | 1 | | نفوس |
| impostor | 1 | | نفوس |
| loved ones | 1 | | نفوس |
| insincere | 1 | | نفوس |
| officials | 1 | | نفوس |
| ones | 1 | | نفوس |
| peoples | 1 | | نفوس |
| petty-minded souls | 1 | | نفوس |
| residents | 1 | | نفوس |
| souls of | 1 | | نفوس |
| the | 1 | | نفوس |
| down-cast | 1 | | نفوس |
| faithful | 1 | | نفوس |
| forces | 1 | | نفوس |
| soul of man | 1 | | نفوس |
| feeble | 1 | | نفوس |
| who | 1 | | نفوس |
| victims | 1 | | نفوس |
| breasts | 1 | | نفوسهم |
| are they | 1 | | نفوسی |
| one of our companions | 1 | | نفوسی |
| handful | 1 | | نفوسی |
| them who | 1 | | نفوسی |
| they that are | 1 | | نفوسی |
| they who | 1 | | نفوسی |
| pure breath | 1 | | نَفَس |
| fleeting breath | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| one moment | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| very breath | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| eternal spirit | 1 | | نَفْس |
| within every soul | 1 | | نَفْسٍ |
| describe thee | 1 | | نَفْسَ |
| thine own concealment | 1 | | نَفْسَ |
| thine own revelation | 1 | | نَفْسَ |
| be the same as | 1 | | نَفْسَ |
| reveal thee | 1 | | نَفْسَكَ |
| thine own exalted self | 1 | | نَفْسَكَ |
| wherewith thou praisest thyself | 1 | | نَفْسَكَ |
| thine own merciful self | 1 | | نَفْسِ |
| glorify thine essence | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| in | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| might | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| thine | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| thine all-glorious self | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| whom thou thyself | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| deeds | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ. |
| face | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ، |
| glory | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ، |
| his | 1 | | نَفْسِهِ |
| body | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| myself wholly | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| would that my life | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| desire | 1 | | نَفْسِيْ، |
| mine own hurt | 1 | | نَفْسِی |
| least of men | 1 | | هرنفسی |
| he, himself | 1 | | ونفسه |
| none of whom | 1 | | يکنفس |
| one single soul | 1 | | يکنفس |
| one person | 1 | | يکنفس |
| one soul | 1 | | کنفس |