Rizwan Zubair

Root خ ن س kh-n-s

Quranic citations in this entry: 2 · اردو

خ ن سkh-n-s

(ن) خَنَسَ يَخْنُسُ خُنُوْسًاkhanasa yakhnusu khunūsan: to draw back, to shrink away, to hide. This root occurs twice in the Quran.

خَنَّاسkhannās (pattern فَعَّالfaʿʿāl, intensive form, ṣīghat al-mubālaghah): one who draws back much — an attribute of Satan, who shrinks away as soon as he hears the remembrance of God. ﴿مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ﴾ (An-Nās 114:4)

خُنَّسkhunnas (plural; singular خَانِسkhānis): the stars that hide away by day. ﴿فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ﴾ (At-Takwīr 81:15)

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