Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ص ت n-ṣ-t

Quranic citations in this entry: 2 · اردو

ن ص تn-ṣ-t

(ض) نَصَتَ يَنْصِتُ نَصْتًاnaṣata yanṣitu naṣtan: to listen in silence, to lend an ear quietly. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَنْصَتَ يُنْصِتُ اِنْصَاتًاanṣata yunṣitu inṣātan: synonymous with the bare triliteral (thulāthī mujarrad): to listen in silence with full attention; اَنْصِتُوْاanṣitūā (imperative, amr): listen in silence! ﴿وَاِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْاٰنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوْا لَهُۥ وَاَنْصِتُوْا﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:204); ﴿فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوْهُ قَالُوْٓا اَنْصِتُوْا﴾ (Al-Aḥqāf 46:29)

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