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Qur’an 96:16 Al-'Alaq, verse 16

نَاصِيَةٍۢ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۢ

A lying, sinning forelock.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-'Alaq (96)
Verse
16 of 19
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
597

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
نَاصِيَةٍۢnāṣiyatinA forelockن ص ي
كَـٰذِبَةٍkādhibatinlyingك ذ ب
خَاطِئَةٍۢkhāṭi-atinsinfulخ ط أ

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 96:16 in Al-'Alaq.

  • 96:14أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰDoes he not know that Allah sees?
  • 96:15كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِNo! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -
  • 96:17فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥThen let him call his associates;
  • 96:18سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَWe will call the angels of Hell.

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