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نِصْف

niṣ'fu

(is) half

অর্ধেক

Root letters: ن ص فAppears 7 times in the Qur'an#1,113 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 112

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ن ص ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)نِصْفُ7 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • نِصْفُ(is) halfniṣ'fu · 3 times
  • فَنِصْفُthen (give) halffaniṣ'fu · 1 times
  • ٱلنِّصْفُ ۚ(is) halfl-niṣ'fu · 1 times
  • نِّصْفَهُۥٓHalf of itniṣ'fahu · 1 times
  • وَنِصْفَهُۥand half of itwaniṣ'fahu · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

Half of it - or subtract from it a little

Surah 73:3 — Read full ayah

And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allāh, of whatever you do, is Seeing.

Surah 2:237 — Read full ayah

They request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, "Allāh gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs]." If a man dies, leaving no child but [only] a sister, she will have half of what he left. And he inherits from her if she [dies and] has no child. But if there are two sisters [or more], they will have two thirds of what he left. If there are both brothers and sisters, the male will have the share of two females. Allāh makes clear to you [His law], lest you go astray. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

Surah 4:176 — Read full ayah