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nafal

booty, loot

نَفَل

Word

Noun · pattern فَعَل

Root

ن ف ل

In the library

يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنْفَالِ ۖ قُلِ الْأَنْفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ ۖ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ ۖ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

The Qurʾān, page 177 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • نَفَّلَهُ Form II He gave him spoil
    , inf. n. تَنْفِيلٌ, He gave him spoil, (S, Msb, * K,) and a free and disinterested gift. (Msb, K.) And it is doubly trans.: see 2 in art. غنم.
  • نَفَلٌ Trifolium melilatus indica
    Trifolium melilatus indica of Linn.: and medicago intertexta of Linn. (Delile, nos. 706, 730.) ― -b2- نَفَلٌ: see غَنِيَمَةٌ.
  • نُفَلٌ Open entry
    : see تُسَعٌ.
  • نَافِلَةٌ Accessions, or additions
    : the pl. نَوَافِلُ, is explained in the TA, art. حرز, by زَوَايأِدُ [Accessions, or additions]. ― -b2- What accedes to, or exceeds, the original. (T.) A voluntary gift, by way of alms, or as a good work: (T:) a gift: (K:) or a gift عَنْ يَدٍ: (M:) a deed beyond what is incumbent, or obligatory. (M, K.) ― -b3- نَافِلَةٌ Supererogatory prayer. (S, Msb.) See تَطَوَّعَ.

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