Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ص ف n-ṣ-f

Quranic citations in this entry: 2 · اردو

ن ص فn-ṣ-f

(ن) نَصَفَ يَنْصُفُ نَصْفًاnaṣafa yanṣufu naṣfan: to halve, to divide into two equal parts; to reach the half (of something). (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

نِصْفٌniṣf (noun, ism dhāt): half. ﴿وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ اَزْوَاجُكُمْ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:12); ﴿نِّصْفَهُۥٓ اَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيْلًا﴾ (Al-Muzzammil 73:3)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَنْصَفَ يُنْصِفُ اِنْصَافًاanṣafa yunṣifu inṣāfan: to do justice, i.e. to treat both parties equally; and this is the origin of the word «inṣāf». (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

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