nāfila
taken for granted
نافِلَة
Word
Noun · pattern فاعِلَةRoot
ن ف لIn the library
وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَكَ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا
The Qurʾān, page 290 →From the same root
All words from ن ف ل →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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