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نوص

n-w-ṣ

The root نوص (nwS) primarily means to move, stir, or prepare for motion. It also signifies turning aside, drawing back, retreating, or fleeing from something or someone.

Root

ن-و-ص

7

Total uses

7

Verses

6

Surahs

7

Forms

Root

ن-و-ص

Root Meaning

The root نوص (nwS) primarily means to move, stir, or prepare for motion. It also signifies turning aside, drawing back, retreating, or fleeing from something or someone.

Derived forms

وَأَنصِتُواْ1بِنَاصِيَتِهَآۚ1مَنَاصࣲ‏1أَنصِتُواْۖ1بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي1بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ1نَاصِيَةࣲ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (1)

Sad 38:3

مَنَاصٍMeaning here: The root نوص (nwS) primarily means to move, stir, or prepare for motion. It also signifies turning aside, drawing back, retreating, or fleeing from something or someone.

How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape

🔎 Across the Quran (6)

Al-A'raf 7:204

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ

So when the Qur'an is recited, listen carefully to it, and keep silent so that you may, be shown mercy

Hud 11:56

إِنِّي تَوَكَّلۡتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۚ مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذُۢ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ‏

I have put my trust in Allah, Who is my Lord and your Lord. There is no moving creature which He does not hold by its forelock. Surely, My Lord is on the straight path

Al-Ahqaf 46:29

وَإِذۡ صَرَفۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ نَفَرࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓاْ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوۡاْ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

And call to mind when We sent to you a party of the jinn that they may listen to the Qur'an. When they reached the place (where you were reciting the Qur'an), they said to one another: “Be silent (and listen).” And when the recitation ended, they went back to their people as warners

Ar-Rahman 55:41

يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ

The culprits shall be known by their marks, and shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet

Al-Alaq 96:15

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا

No indeed; if he does not desist, We shall drag him by the forelock

Al-Alaq 96:16

كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةࣲ‏

by the lying forelock steeped in sin