يَنْظُر look in Arabic
يَنْظُر is how you say “look” in Arabic.
Root ن ظ ر n-ẓ-r. verb (form I, imperfect/present tense of naẓara). yanẓuru.
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Meaning of look in Arabic
- to look at, look towards; to gaze upon with the eye the everyday, literal sense, most common in ordinary speech
- to face, be turned toward, be opposite figurative use, e.g. of a house or a mountain 'facing' someone
- to consider, examine, investigate, reflect upon intellectually favored by educated/refined speakers over the plain 'sight' sense; used e.g. of looking into an affair or a piece of writing
Example sentence
إن الله لا ينظر إلى أجسادكم، ولا إلى صوركم، ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم
Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies, nor at your appearances, but He looks at your hearts and deeds.
يَنْظُرُ He looks
A present-tense verb, 'he looks', with the 'he' subject built into its shape and referring to God. The plain present form here states a general truth about what God does and does not regard.
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How it is used
نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ / يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ is the plain 'to look at' someone or something with the eyes, while نَظَرَ فِى (as in 'looking into' a book or an affair) shifts toward mental consideration or examination — a distinction Lane notes was kept sharper by educated speakers than by common usage. The verb also appears in the Qur'an in the figurative sense of 'facing' (e.g. idols 'facing' onlookers without truly seeing, Q7:197).
Words from the same root
- نَظَرَ to look at; to consider, examine (the base form I verb)
- نَظَرٌ a look, sight; consideration, examination, speculation
- نَظْرَةٌ a look, a single glance
- نَاظِرٌ one who looks; an overseer, superintendent
- نَظِيرٌ a counterpart, match, equal
- انتظر to wait for, to await (form VIII, lit. 'to keep looking out for')
More example sentences
إن الله لا ينظر إلى أجسادكم، ولا إلى صوركم، ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم
Indeed, Allah does not look at your bodies, nor at your appearances, but He looks at your hearts and deeds.
يَنْظُرُ He looks
A present-tense verb, 'he looks', repeated to mark the positive side of the contrast, with the 'he' subject inside the form referring to God. The repetition mirrors the earlier denied looking, now affirmed toward different objects.
فينظر اليهم بعين المقت وأن المسلمين يلحنون،
so he views them with an eye of disdain and that the Muslims make mistakes in recitation,
يَنْظُرُ he views
A present-tense verb meaning he looks, with the 'he' subject built in. It governs the following 'at them' phrase, and it needs that preposition to complete the sense of looking at someone.
العاقل ينظر في العواقب،
The wise person considers the consequences,
يَنْظُرُ he considers
A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, describing an ongoing habit. Arabic needs no separate 'he'; the doer is encoded in the verb's prefix and shape, so one word carries both subject and action.
ولا ينظر إلى ما يؤول إليه حاله
and does not consider what his situation will lead to.
يَنْظُرُ he considers
A present-tense verb with 'he' built in, meaning he does not consider. Paired with the earlier negation it states an ongoing failure to look ahead; the subject is encoded in the verb itself.
Common questions
- How do you say "look" in Arabic?
- يَنْظُر (yanẓuru), "he looks" — the imperfect-tense form of the verb نَظَرَ (naẓara), "to look, to look at."
- What's the difference between نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ and نَظَرَ فِيهِ?
- نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ usually means to look at something with the eyes, while نَظَرَ فِيهِ leans toward considering or examining it intellectually, as in looking into a matter or a piece of writing.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).