Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ک ب n-k-b

Quranic citations in this entry: 2 · اردو

ن ک بn-k-b

(ن) نَكَبَ يَنْكُبُ نُكُوْبًاnakaba yankubu nukūban: to turn off the path, to turn aside, to swerve away. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

نَاكِبٌnākib pl. نٰكِبُوْنَnākibūna (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who swerves away. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَاِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّرَاطِ لَنٰكِبُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Muʾminūn 23:74)

مَنْكِبٌmankib pl. مَنَاكِبُmanākibu (noun of time or place, ẓarf): shoulder; the side or edge of something, hence the word is used for the tracts of the earth. Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَامْشُوْا فِيْ مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوْا مِنْ رِّزْقِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Mulk 67:15)

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