Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ف ع n-f-ʿ

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

ن ف عn-f-ʿ

(ف) نَفَعَ يَنْفَعُ نَفْعًاnafaʿa yanfaʿu nafʿan: to benefit — the opposite of ضَرّḍarr. ﴿يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَّلَا بَنُوْنَ﴾ (Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:88)

نَفْعٌnafʿ (verbal noun, maṣdar, also a noun, ism dhāt): benefit; in the Quran it is mostly paired with «ضَرّḍarr», and this pairing is one of the Quran's regular modes of expression. ﴿قُلْ لَّآ اَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِيْ نَفْعًا وَّلَا ضَرًّا﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:188)

مَنْفَعَةٌmanfaʿah pl. مَنَافِعُmanāfiʿu (mīmī verbal noun, maṣdar mīmī / noun, ism dhāt): a benefit, a useful thing. ﴿لَكُمْ فِيْهَا مَنَافِعُ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّي﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:33)

نَافِعٌnāfiʿ (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who benefits. (This word is not used in the Quran.)

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