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ع و ن
Ayn-Waw-Nun
General Root Meaning
to be of middle age. yu'inu (vb. 4) - to aid/assist/help. ta'awana (vb. 4) - to help one another. ista'ana (vb. 10) - to implore for help, seek aid, turn and call for assistance. musta'an - one whose help is to be implored.
A'aana (prf. 3rd. m. sing. vb. IV): helped.
A'iinuu (prt. m. pl. vb. IV): help ye one another.
Ta'aawanuu (prt. m. pl. vb. IV): to help one another.
Nasta'iinuu (imp. 1st. pl. vb. VI): we implore for help.
Ista'iinuu (prt. m. pl. vb. 10): you seek help.
Must'aiinu (pis. pic. m. sing. vb. 10): one whose help is saught.
'Awaanun (n.): one of middle age (2:68).
  
is'taʿīnū   (1)

2:153
O you who believe[d]! Seek help through patience and the prayer. Indeed, Allah (is) with the patient ones.

7:128
said Musa to his people, "Seek help from Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth (belongs) to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the end (is) for the righteous."

  
l-mus'taʿānu   (2)

12:18
And they brought upon his shirt with blood false. He said, "Nay, has enticed you your souls (to) a matter, so patience (is) beautiful. And Allah (is) the One sought for help against what you describe."

21:112
He said, "My Lord! judge in truth. And our Lord (is) the Most Gracious, the One Whose help is sought against what you attribute."

  
taʿāwanū   (1)

5:2
O you who believe! (Do) not violate (the) rites (of) Allah, and not the month sacred and not the sacrificial animals and not the garlanded and not (those) coming (to) the House Sacred seeking Bounty of their Lord and good pleasure. And when you come out of Ihram then (you may) hunt. And not let incite you (the) hatred (for) a people as they stopped you from Al-Masjid Al-Haraam that you commit transgression. And help one another in [the] righteousness and [the] piety, but (do) not help one another in [the] sin and [the] transgression. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah (is) severe (in) [the] punishment.

  
ʿawānun   (1)

2:68
They said, "Pray for us (to) your Lord to make clear to us what it (is)." He said, "Indeed, He says, "[Indeed] it (is) a cow not old and not young, middle aged between that," so do what you are commanded."

  
fa-aʿīnūnī   (1)

18:95
He said, "What has established me [in it] my Lord (is) better, but assist me with strength, I will make between you and between them a barrier.

  
nastaʿīnu   (1)

1:5
You Alone we worship, and You Alone we ask for help.

  
wa-aʿānahu   (1)

25:4
And say those who disbelieve, "Not this (is) but a lie, he invented it and helped him at it people other." But verily, they (have) produced an injustice and a lie.

  
wa-is'taʿīnū   (1)

2:45
And seek help through patience and the prayer; and indeed, it (is) surely difficult except on the humble ones,

  
wataʿāwanū   (1)

5:2
O you who believe! (Do) not violate (the) rites (of) Allah, and not the month sacred and not the sacrificial animals and not the garlanded and not (those) coming (to) the House Sacred seeking Bounty of their Lord and good pleasure. And when you come out of Ihram then (you may) hunt. And not let incite you (the) hatred (for) a people as they stopped you from Al-Masjid Al-Haraam that you commit transgression. And help one another in [the] righteousness and [the] piety, but (do) not help one another in [the] sin and [the] transgression. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah (is) severe (in) [the] punishment.

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