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(ض، ن) نَكَصَ يَنْكِصُ وَيَنْكُصُ نُكُوْصًاnakaṣa yankiṣu wa-yankuṣu nukūṣan: to draw back from something, to retreat, to turn on one's heels. ﴿فَلَمَّا تَرَآءَتِ الْفِئَتٰنِ نَكَصَ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِ﴾ (Al-Anfāl 8:48); ﴿فَكُنْتُمْ عَلٰٓى اَعْقَابِكُمْ تَنْكِصُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Muʾminūn 23:66)