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نفل

Form 2  ·  4 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 4

Form 2نَفَّلَهُ1 sense
maṣdarتَنْفِيلٌ

Core sense — he gave him spoil, and a free giftgenerated

2.1

He gave him spoil, and a free and disinterested gift..

It is doubly transitive: see form 2 in art. غنم.

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, 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 .

Derived nouns 3

Nounنَفَلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a plant, Trifolium melilotus indica or Medicago intertextagenerated

1

Trifolium melilotus indica of Linnaeus; also Medicago intertexta of Linnaeus.

1.1

نَفَلٌ: see غَنِيَمَةٌ.

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Trifolium melilatus indica of Linn.: and medicago intertexta of Linn. (Delile, nos. 706, 730.) نَفَلٌ : see غَنِيَمَةٌ .
Nounنُفَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — spoil; a free giftgenerated

1

See تُسَعٌ.

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: see تُسَعٌ .
Nounنَافِلَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a voluntary gift; an addition beyond what is obligatory; voluntary prayergenerated

1accessions, or additions—نَوَافِلُ

This plural is explained in art. حرز by زَوَائِدُ.

1.1

What is added to, or goes beyond, the original.

A voluntary gift, given as alms or as a good work; a gift; or a gift عَنْ يَدٍ: a deed beyond what is required or obligatory.

1.2voluntary prayer—نَافِلَةٌ

See تَطَوَّعَ.

Qur’ānic occurrences نَافِلَة
17:79
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا

And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!

21:72
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَـٰلِحِينَ

And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a grandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: the pl. نَوَافِلُ , is explained in the TA, art. حرز , by زَوَائِدُ [Accessions, or additions]. 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.) نَافِلَةٌ Supererogatory prayer. (S, Msb.) See تَطَوَّعَ .