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Root ن ف س(n f s) has 35 unique word forms and appears 298 times in the Quran.

English gloss Valuable, Sparring, Human being, Person, Individual, Soul, Spirit, Breath, Compete, Fight, Struggle

Word Translation Occurrences
أَنفُسَهُمۡ their lives, their own selves, their souls, themselves, wrong themselves, (to) themselves, their lives, their own selves, their souls, themselves, themselves , (to) themselves, wrong themselves 58
أَنفُسِهِمۡ (of) themselves, their souls, their (inner) souls, themselves, (of) themselves, their (inner) souls, their souls, themselves 38
نَفۡسٖ a soul, soul, a soul, soul 32
أَنفُسِكُمۡ yourselves, yourselves 20
أَنفُسُهُمۡ (about) themselves, their own souls, their souls, themselves, (about) themselves, their own souls, their souls, themselves 18
نَفۡسٞ any soul, a soul, every soul, any soul, a soul, every soul 18
أَنفُسَكُمۡ (of) yourselves, yourselves, (of) yourselves, yourselves 18
نَفۡسًا any soul, a soul, any soul, a soul 14
نَّفۡسٖ (another) soul, a soul, a soul, (another) soul 12
نَفۡسِهِۦ himself, (of) his soul, himself, (of) his soul 12
ٱلنَّفۡسَ his soul, his soul, the life, the soul, the life, the soul 12
لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ for himself, for his own soul, for his soul, for himself, for his own soul, for his soul 10
نَفۡسِۭ soul, soul 10
نَفۡسٗا a man, a soul, (on their) own, a man, a soul, (on their) own 10
نَفۡسِي myself, my soul, (over) myself, myself, my soul, (over) myself 10
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ and their lives, and their lives 10
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ against themselves, good of themselves, (is) in themselves, against themselves, good of themselves, their lives, (is) in themselves, their lives 8
نَفۡسٌ any soul, a soul, any soul, a soul 8
فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ then it is for his soul, then (it is) for his soul, then (it is) for his soul, then it is for his soul 8
أَنفُسُكُمۡ your souls, your souls 6
نَفۡسَهُۥۚ himself, himself 6
أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ their own selves, themselves, their own selves, themselves 6
نَّفۡسِهِۦ himself, [himself], his self, himself, his self, [himself] 6
نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ himself, his life, himself, his life 6
أَنفُسَهُمۡۚ themselves, themselves 6
نَفۡسٍ (for) a soul, soul, soul, (for) a soul 6
أَنفُسَكُمۡۚ yourselves, yourselves 6
لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ himself, himself, to himself, to himself 6
لِنَفۡسِي for myself, for Myself, for myself, for Myself 6
أَنفُسِهِم themselves, themselves 6
أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ (is to guard) yourselves, (is to guard) yourselves, (to) yourselves, (to) yourselves 4
نَفۡسِكَ yourself, yourself 4
أَنفُسَكُم yourselves, yourselves 4
بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ concerning themselves, for themselves, concerning themselves, for themselves 4
لِنَفۡسٍ for a soul, for a soul 4
بِٱلنَّفۡسِ by the soul, for the life, by the soul, for the life 4
نَفۡسُۢ any soul, a soul, any soul, a soul 4
لِأَنفُسِكُم for yourselves, for yourselves 4
نَفۡسَۢا a person, a soul, a person, a soul 4
وَأَنفُسِكُمۡ and your lives, and yourselves, and yourselves, and your lives 4
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ and their lives, and their lives 4
أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ yourselves, yourselves 4
نَفۡسِهِ Himself, Himself 4
ٱلۡأَنفُسُ the souls, the souls 4
أَنفُسِهِنَّ themselves, themselves 4
لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ for themselves, for themselves 4
نَّفۡسَكَ yourself, yourself 4
نَفۡسَهُۥۗ (against) Himself, (of) Himself, (against) Himself, (of) Himself 4
أَنفُسَهُمۡۖ themselves, themselves 4
نَّفۡسِهِۦۖ himself, himself 2
نَفۡسَهَا herself, herself 2
نَّفۡسِهَا itself, itself 2
نَفۡسِيۖ myself, myself 2
نَفۡسِيٓۖ my own accord, my own accord 2
نَفۡسِيٓۚ myself, myself 2
نَّفۡسِيۚ myself, myself 2
نُفُوسِكُمۡۚ yourselves, yourselves 2
وَأَنفُسَكُمۡ and yourselves, and yourselves 2
وَأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ and your lives, and your lives 2
وَأَنفُسَنَا and ourselves, and ourselves 2
وَأَنفُسَهُمۡ and themselves, and themselves 2
وَأَنفُسُهُمۡۚ and they themselves, and they themselves 2
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ and their lives, and their lives 2
وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ and [the] lives, and [the] lives 2
وَنَفۡسٖ And (the) soul, And (the) soul 2
أَنفُسَكُمُۖ your souls, your souls 2
أَنفُسَكُمۖ yourselves, yourselves 2
أَنفُسُكُمُ yourselves, yourselves 2
أَنفُسِكُمُ yourselves, yourselves 2
أَنفُسِكُمۖ yourselves, yourselves 2
أَنفُسِكُمۡۖ yourselves, yourselves 2
أَنفُسِكُمۡۗ yourselves, yourselves 2
أَنفُسَنَا ourselves, ourselves 2
أَنفُسِنَاۖ ourselves, ourselves 2
أَنفُسَهُم themselves, themselves 2
أَنفُسَهُمۚ (for) themselves, (for) themselves 2
أَنفُسِهِمۗ themselves, themselves 2
أَنفُسِهِمۡۚ themselves, themselves 2
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ (is) in themselves, (is) in themselves 2
بِنَفۡسِكَ (is) yourself, (is) yourself 2
تَنَفَّسَ it breathes, it breathes 2
فَلِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ then it is for yourself, then it is for yourself 2
فَلِأَنفُسِهِمۡ then for themselves, then for themselves 2
فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ let aspire, let aspire 2
كَنَفۡسٖ as a soul, as a soul 2
ٱلۡأَنفُسَ the souls, the souls 2
ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ the (ir) souls, the(ir) souls 2
ٱلۡأَنفُسِۚ (to) yourselves, (to) yourselves 2
لِأَنفُسِكُمۡ for yourselves, for yourselves 2
لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۖ for yourselves, for yourselves 2
لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ for yourselves, for yourselves 2
لِّأَنفُسِكُمۡۗ for yourselves, for yourselves 2
لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ for themselves, for themselves 2
ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ the aspirers, the aspirers 2
ٱلنَّفۡسُ soul, soul 2
لِّنَفۡسٖ for a soul, for a soul 2
لِنَفۡسِهِۦۚ for his own self, for his own self 2
لِنَفۡسِهِۦٓۚ for himself, for himself 2
لِنَفۡسِيۖ for myself, for myself 2
ٱلنُّفُوسُ the souls, the souls 2
نَفۡسِ Yaqub's soul, Yaqub's soul 2
نَفۡسٖۗ soul, soul 2
نَفۡسَكَ yourself, yourself 2
نَفۡسَكَۚ (for) yourself, (for) yourself 2
نَفۡسُكَ your soul, your soul 2
نَفۡسِكَۚ Yourself, Yourself 2
نَّفۡسِكَۚ yourself, yourself 2
نَفۡسَهُ his own self, his own self 2
نَفۡسَهُۥ his soul, his soul 2
نَفۡسُهُۥ his soul, his soul 2
نَفۡسُهُۥۖ his soul, his soul 2
نَفۡسِهِۦۖ himself, himself 2
نَفۡسِهِۦۚ his soul, his soul 2