ن-ف-س (n-f-s)
self; soul; souls
1131 occurrences · 272 English renderings
Word Forms
→ “soul”, “self”, “one”, “himself”, “own”, “passion”, “selfish”, “corrupt inclination”, “anyone”, “breath”, “divine essence”, “evil”, “evil passion”, “faculty”, “follower”, “he”, “inclination”, “spirit”, “selfish desire”, “neighbor”, “mirror of”, “alone”, “any one”, “god”, “corrupt”, “corrupt and selfish”, “earthly desire”, “fallen”, “fancy”, “five”, “homicide”, “human heart”, “human tongue”, “itself”, “man”, “men”, “mere act”, “mine own being”, “true”, “name”, “one of you”, “soul of god”, “gift of”, “same as”, “them”, “themselves”, “two”, “vain”, “very”, “way”, “own self”
→ “anyone”, “man”, “one”, “soul”, “whoso”, “whosoever”, “any man”, “myself”, “whoever”, “he”, “him”, “he that”, “he who”, “being”, “person”, “any”, “any one”, “anyone amongst them”, “each person”, “he hath”, “him that offered it”, “one of you”, “may my soul”, “me”, “men”, “name”, “any soul”, “passion”, “one instant”, “one of my follower”, “one soul”, “over any soul”, “some one”, “some person”, “that”, “breath”, “brief moment”, “fallen”, “mind of man”, “minds of men”, “desire”, “neighbor”, “everyone”, “what mind”
→ “soul”, “men”, “people”, “souls of men”, “being”, “one”, “they”, “heart”, “other”, “their”, “those”, “few”, “among the people”, “character”, “true believer”, “creature”, “impostor”, “loved one”, “man”, “insincere”, “resident”, “souls of”, “souls such as these”, “down-cast”, “faithful”, “timorous”, “them”, “themselves”, “they that”, “who”, “within them”
→ “thee”, “thyself”, “thine own self”, “self”, “thy”, “thine own being”, “godhead”, “thine”, “august self”, “glorify thine essence”, “being”, “might”, “thine own”, “thou thyself”, “godhead was manifested”, “praise”, “nature”
→ “himself”, “own self”, “him”, “god”, “his”, “essence”, “life”, “own”, “it”, “soul”, “he himself”, “him who”, “own accord”, “purpose”, “heart”, “is his own self”, “very heart”, “itself”, “godhead”, “within themselves”
→ “thyself”, “self”, “himself”, “thee”, “thine own self”, “any one”, “own self”, “godhead”, “thine own exalted self”
→ “soul”, “other”, “spirit”, “being”, “hand”, “heart”, “men”, “essence”, “faint-hearted”, “reprobate”, “those”, “vain”, “which the hand”, “yourselves”
→ “thyself”, “soul”, “thine own self”, “himself”, “veil”, “thine inmost heart”, “thine own desire”, “thou”, “thy”, “passion”, “proper self”, “self”, “station”, “within thyself”
→ “yourselves”, “secret of your heart”, “vaunt yourselves”, “ye”, “your”, “imaginations have devised”, “soul”, “waywardness”
→ “they”, “them”, “men”, “them who”, “handful”, “he that”, “one”, “they that are”, “those”, “who”
→ “himself”, “own self”, “according to its own standard”, “him”, “life”, “person”, “resideth within”, “measure of his own self”
→ “thee”, “thine own self”, “self”, “purpose”, “spirit”, “nature or”, “thyself”, “exalted self”, “nature”, “thee belong”
→ “thyself”, “thee”, “self”, “thine own self”, “effulgent self”, “favor”, “thou thyself”, “truth”
→ “yourselves”, “you”, “heart”, “your”, “desire”, “own”, “own self”
→ “thine own self”, “thee”, “thyself”, “thine inmost spirit”, “thine”, “face”, “glory”, “nature”, “self”
→ “their”, “own”, “themselves”, “own self”, “heart”, “heedlessness”, “proper self”, “slumber”, “them”, “they”, “they uttered”
→ “thyself”, “thine heart”, “judgment”, “self”, “one”, “over thyself”, “thine inmost heart”, “thine own self”, “thine own soul”, “thou”, “thy”
→ “myself”, “soul”, “himself”, “i”, “my”, “body”, “life”, “myself wholly”, “within me”, “would that my life”
→ “myself”, “me”, “self”, “concerning me”, “herself”, “soul”, “spirit”
→ “self”, “evil”, “corrupt inclination”, “own wish”, “nature”, “flesh”, “human soul”, “worldly vanity”, “evil passion”
→ “you”, “own self”, “yourselves”, “heart”, “judgment”, “nature”, “own desire”, “own making”
→ “myself”, “i”, “i never attempted”, “me”, “mine own self”, “life”, “state”, “whole life”, “suffering”
→ “soul”, “any”, “any soul”, “naught”
→ “themselves”, “own”, “them”, “own conception”, “their”, “they”, “what”
→ “himself”, “purposes of none other but his own self”, “he, for whose sake”, “manifestation”, “own”, “stead”, “is exercised by”
→ “own”, “own nature”, “him”, “his”, “godhood”, “self”, “themselves”, “within himself”
→ “soul”, “men”, “souls of men”, “hearts of men”
→ “heart”, “own self”, “life”, “own”, “soul”, “themselves”, “within them”
→ “sake”, “himself”, “he”, “his”, “godhood”, “powerlessness”, “themselves”
→ “selfish”, “covetous”, “desire”, “self and passion”, “sordid”, “which every man may consciously exert”
→ “evil”, “evil passion”, “corrupt”, “corrupt desire”, “self”, “own self”
→ “me”, “myself”, “mine own”, “my”, “over mine own self”
→ “him who”, “he it is whom”, “he who”, “him that”, “whoever”
→ “i swear”, “i swear by thyself”, “nay—and to this thou dost thyself bear witness”, “swear by thy self”
English Renderings
| Rendering | Count | % | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| soul | 113 | | أنفسكم , أَنْفُسَهُمْ , أَنْفُسُ +33 |
| self | 62 | | النّفس , النَّفْسِ , بنفس +21 |
| thyself | 46 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , لنفسک , لِنَفْسِكَ +10 |
| thee | 37 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , بِنَفْسِكَ، , لِنَفسِكَ +8 |
| myself | 35 | | بنفسی , بِنَفْسِي , بِنَفْسِيْ +13 |
| own self | 32 | | أنفسهم , أنفسکم , أَنْفُسَهُمْ﴾، +16 |
| himself | 32 | | بنفسه , لنفسه , لِنَفْسِهِ +9 |
| yourselves | 26 | | أنفسكم , أنفسکم , أَنْفُسَكُمْ +3 |
| thine own self | 24 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , لِنَفْسِكَ , نفسك +6 |
| one | 21 | | نفس , نفسك , نفسى +4 |
| men | 19 | | النّفوس , انفس , نفس +4 |
| themselves | 18 | | أنفسهم , أَنْفُسَهُمْ , أَنْفُسِهِم +10 |
| own | 17 | | أنفسهم , أنفسکم , أَنْفُسِهِمْ +7 |
| man | 15 | | لنفس , لنفسٍ , نفس +3 |
| anyone | 14 | | نفس , نفسًا , نفسی +1 |
| him | 13 | | بنفسه , نفسه , نفسی +3 |
| heart | 12 | | أنفسهم , أنفسکم , أَنْفُسِكُم؛ +6 |
| life | 12 | | أَنْفُسَهُمْ , أَنْفُسِهِمْ , بنفسه +7 |
| me | 12 | | بنفسي , بِنَفْسي، , بِنَفْسِي +7 |
| they | 11 | | أنفسهم , انفسهم , نفوس +1 |
| them | 10 | | أنفسهم , انفسهم , بنفوسی +3 |
| evil | 9 | | النّفس , النَّفْسَ , النَّفْسُ +3 |
| he | 9 | | لِنَفْسِهِ , نفس , نفسی +2 |
| thy | 9 | | نفسك , نفسک , نَفْسِكَ |
| being | 8 | | انفس , نفسی , نفوس +2 |
| spirit | 8 | | انفس , لِنَفْسِكَ , نفس +3 |
| selfish | 8 | | نفس , نفسانی , نفسيّه |
| you | 7 | | أنفسکم , انفسكم , انفسکم |
| breath | 7 | | نفس , نفسی , نَفَس |
| whoso | 7 | | نفسی |
| whosoever | 7 | | نفسی |
| their | 6 | | أنفسهم , انفسهم , لانفسهم +1 |
| souls of men | 6 | | النّفوس , النُّفُوسُ , نفوس |
| whoever | 6 | | نفسيکه , نفسی |
| any man | 6 | | نفسی |
| desire | 5 | | أنفسکم , لأنفسکم , نفسانی +2 |
| nature | 5 | | النّفس , انفسکم , لِنَفْسِكَ +2 |
| evil passion | 5 | | النّفس , النَّفْسِ , نفس +1 |
| person | 5 | | بنفسك , بنفسه , لأنفسهم +1 |
| itself | 5 | | بِنَفْسِهِ , لِنَفْسِها , نفس +2 |
| passion | 5 | | نفس , نفسک , نفسی |
| godhead | 5 | | نفسه , نَفْسَكَ , نَفْسِكَ |
| thine own being | 5 | | نَفْسَكَ، , نَفْسِكَ |
| within themselves | 4 | | أَنْفُسِهِم , أَنْفُسِهِمْ﴾، , اَنفُسِهِم." +1 |
| corrupt inclination | 4 | | النّفس , النَّفْسَ , نفس |
| other | 4 | | انفس , نفوس |
| essence | 4 | | انفس , بنفسها , نفسه |
| those | 4 | | انفس , نفوس , نفوسی |
| mine own self | 4 | | بِنَفْسِيْ , فونفسي , لِنَفْسِيْ، +1 |
| any soul | 4 | | لِنَفْسٍ , نفسًا , نفسی +1 |
| his | 4 | | لِنَفْسِهِ , نفسه , نَفْسِهِ |
| selfish desire | 4 | | نفس , نفسانی. , نفسیّه |
| thou | 4 | | نفسك , نفسک , نَفْسُكَ، +1 |
| he who | 4 | | نفسيکه , نفسی |
| he that | 4 | | نفسی , نفوسی |
| people | 4 | | نفوس |
| your | 3 | | أنفسكم , أنفسکم , نفوسکم |
| who | 3 | | انفسی , نفوس , نفوسی |
| my | 3 | | لنفسی , نَفْسي , نَفْسِي |
| any one | 3 | | نفس , نفسی , نَفْسَكَ |
| god | 3 | | نفس , نفسه |
| neighbor | 3 | | نفس , نفسی |
| him who | 3 | | نفسه , نفسيکه |
| herself | 3 | | نفسها , نَفْسِها , نَفْسِيْ |
| august self | 3 | | نَفْسِك , نَفْسِكَ |
| thine | 3 | | نَفْسِكَ , نَفْسِكَ، |
| proper self | 2 | | أنفسهم , نفسک |
| ourselves | 2 | | أَنْفُسِنا , نفسنا |
| within them | 2 | | أَنْفُسِهِمْ , نفوس |
| corrupt | 2 | | النَّفْسِ , نفس |
| vain | 2 | | انفس , نفس |
| judgment | 2 | | انفسکم , نفسك |
| manifestation | 2 | | بنفس , لنفسه |
| according to its own standard | 2 | | بنفسه |
| thou thyself | 2 | | بِنَفْسِكَ , نَفْسِكَ |
| own sake | 2 | | لأَنْفُسِهِمْ , لانفسهم |
| purpose | 2 | | لِنَفْسِكَ , نفسه |
| sake | 2 | | لِنَفْسِهِ |
| godhood | 2 | | لِنَفْسِهِ , نَفْسِهِ |
| divine essence | 2 | | نفس |
| faculty | 2 | | نفس |
| fallen | 2 | | نفس , نفسی |
| fancy | 2 | | نفس , نفسانيّه |
| follower | 2 | | نفس |
| inclination | 2 | | نفس |
| name | 2 | | نفس , نفسی |
| one of you | 2 | | نفس , نفسی |
| same as | 2 | | نفس , نَفْسَ |
| thine heart | 2 | | نفسك |
| thine inmost heart | 2 | | نفسك , نفسک |
| it | 2 | | نفسه |
| i | 2 | | نفسي , نَفْسِي |
| any | 2 | | نفسی , نَفْسٍ |
| one soul | 2 | | نفسی , کنفس |
| they that | 2 | | نفوس , نفوسیکه |
| them who | 2 | | نفوسی |
| thine own | 2 | | نَفْسِك , نَفْسِكَ |
| own nature | 2 | | نَفْسِهِ |
| men’s attention | 1 | | أنفس |
| secret of your heart | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| vaunt yourselves | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| ye | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| imaginations have devised | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| waywardness | 1 | | أنفسكم |
| heedlessness | 1 | | أنفسهم |
| slumber | 1 | | أنفسهم |
| they uttered | 1 | | أنفسهم |
| us | 1 | | أَنْفُسَنا |
| own wish | 1 | | النّفس |
| flesh | 1 | | النّفس |
| human soul | 1 | | النّفس |
| worldly vanity | 1 | | النّفس |
| hearts of men | 1 | | النّفوس |
| corrupt desire | 1 | | النَّفْسِ |
| souls of all men | 1 | | النُّفُوسُ |
| evil whispering | 1 | | انفاس |
| hand | 1 | | انفس |
| faint-hearted | 1 | | انفس |
| reprobate | 1 | | انفس |
| which the hand | 1 | | انفس |
| ye have devised | 1 | | انفسكم |
| own conception | 1 | | انفسهم |
| what | 1 | | انفسهم |
| own desire | 1 | | انفسکم |
| own making | 1 | | انفسکم |
| own person | 1 | | اَنفُسِهِم. |
| resideth within | 1 | | بنفسه |
| measure of his own self | 1 | | بنفسه |
| i myself | 1 | | بنفسی |
| each others’ concern | 1 | | بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، |
| effulgent self | 1 | | بِنَفْسِكَ |
| favor | 1 | | بِنَفْسِكَ |
| truth | 1 | | بِنَفْسِكَ |
| very nature | 1 | | بِنَفْسِهِ |
| abandon me | 1 | | بِنَفْسِي |
| alone and unaided | 1 | | بِنَفْسِي |
| breathe a single breath | 1 | | تَنَفَّسَ |
| breathe | 1 | | تَنَفَّسْ |
| breath i have breathed | 1 | | تَنَفَّسْتُ |
| own behoof | 1 | | فلأنفسکم |
| i testify | 1 | | فونفس |
| righteousness of god | 1 | | فونفسه |
| one true god | 1 | | فونفسه |
| i swear | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| i swear by thyself | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| nay—and to this thou dost thyself bear witness | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| swear by thy self | 1 | | فَوَنَفْسِكَ |
| even as one soul | 1 | | كَنَفْسٍ |
| purposes of none other but his own self | 1 | | لنفسه |
| he, for whose sake | 1 | | لنفسه |
| stead | 1 | | لنفسه |
| is exercised by | 1 | | لنفسه |
| thine own sake | 1 | | لنفسک |
| mine own | 1 | | لنفسی |
| over mine own self | 1 | | لنفسی |
| nature or | 1 | | لِنَفْسِكَ |
| exalted self | 1 | | لِنَفْسِكَ |
| thee belong | 1 | | لِنَفْسِكَ |
| powerlessness | 1 | | لِنَفْسِهِ |
| mine | 1 | | لِنَفْسِي |
| mirror of | 1 | | نفس |
| alone | 1 | | نفس |
| corrupt and selfish | 1 | | نفس |
| earthly desire | 1 | | نفس |
| five | 1 | | نفس |
| homicide | 1 | | نفس |
| human heart | 1 | | نفس |
| human tongue | 1 | | نفس |
| mere act | 1 | | نفس |
| mine own being | 1 | | نفس |
| true | 1 | | نفس |
| soul of god | 1 | | نفس |
| gift of | 1 | | نفس |
| two | 1 | | نفس |
| very | 1 | | نفس |
| way | 1 | | نفس |
| doubt | 1 | | نفسانيّه |
| imagining | 1 | | نفسانيّه |
| covetous | 1 | | نفسانی |
| self and passion | 1 | | نفسانی |
| sordid | 1 | | نفسانی |
| which every man may consciously exert | 1 | | نفسانی |
| own selfish | 1 | | نفسشان |
| over thyself | 1 | | نفسك |
| thine own soul | 1 | | نفسك |
| he himself | 1 | | نفسه |
| own accord | 1 | | نفسه |
| is his own self | 1 | | نفسه |
| very heart | 1 | | نفسه |
| i never attempted | 1 | | نفسي |
| state | 1 | | نفسي |
| whole life | 1 | | نفسي |
| suffering | 1 | | نفسي |
| he it is whom | 1 | | نفسيکه |
| him that | 1 | | نفسيکه |
| other than | 1 | | نفسِ |
| supreme being | 1 | | نفسِ |
| veil | 1 | | نفسک |
| thine own desire | 1 | | نفسک |
| station | 1 | | نفسک |
| within thyself | 1 | | نفسک |
| anyone amongst them | 1 | | نفسی |
| each person | 1 | | نفسی |
| he hath | 1 | | نفسی |
| him that offered it | 1 | | نفسی |
| may my soul | 1 | | نفسی |
| one instant | 1 | | نفسی |
| one of my follower | 1 | | نفسی |
| over any soul | 1 | | نفسی |
| some one | 1 | | نفسی |
| some person | 1 | | نفسی |
| that | 1 | | نفسی |
| brief moment | 1 | | نفسی |
| mind of man | 1 | | نفسی |
| minds of men | 1 | | نفسی |
| everyone | 1 | | نفسی |
| what mind | 1 | | نفسی |
| he is indeed | 1 | | نفسیست |
| unseemly | 1 | | نفسیّه |
| few | 1 | | نفوس |
| among the people | 1 | | نفوس |
| character | 1 | | نفوس |
| true believer | 1 | | نفوس |
| creature | 1 | | نفوس |
| impostor | 1 | | نفوس |
| loved one | 1 | | نفوس |
| insincere | 1 | | نفوس |
| resident | 1 | | نفوس |
| souls of | 1 | | نفوس |
| souls such as these | 1 | | نفوس |
| down-cast | 1 | | نفوس |
| faithful | 1 | | نفوس |
| timorous | 1 | | نفوس |
| within their breast | 1 | | نفوسهم |
| they who | 1 | | نفوسيکه |
| handful | 1 | | نفوسی |
| they that are | 1 | | نفوسی |
| inestimable value | 1 | | نفیسه |
| one moment | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| one breath | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| very breath | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| fleeting breath | 1 | | نَفَسی |
| naught | 1 | | نَفْسٍ |
| same | 1 | | نَفْسَ |
| be the same as | 1 | | نَفْسَ |
| thine own exalted self | 1 | | نَفْسَكَ |
| virtue of | 1 | | نَفْسُ |
| glorify thine essence | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| might | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| godhead was manifested | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| praise | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ |
| deed | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ. |
| thine inmost spirit | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ، |
| face | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ، |
| glory | 1 | | نَفْسِكَ، |
| within himself | 1 | | نَفْسِهِ |
| body | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| myself wholly | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| within me | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| would that my life | 1 | | نَفْسِي |
| concerning me | 1 | | نَفْسِيْ |
| mine own hurt | 1 | | نَفْسِی |
| mine own soul prompteth | 1 | | نَفْسِی |
| least of men | 1 | | هرنفسی |
| on | 1 | | وأنفس |
| nay your very life | 1 | | والنّفوس |
| he who is | 1 | | ونفسه |
| he, himself | 1 | | ونفسه |
| him whose might | 1 | | ونفسه |
| none of whom | 1 | | يکنفس |
| one single soul | 1 | | يکنفس |
| one person | 1 | | يکنفس |