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نَكال

nakālan

a deterrent punishment

(শিক্ষামূলক) শাস্তি

Root letters: ن ك لAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#2,044 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 205

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ن ك ل

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)نَكَـٰلًۭا3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • نَكَـٰلًۭاa deterrent punishmentnakālan · 2 times
  • نَكَالَ(with) an exemplary punishmentnakāla · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ن ك ل — know one root, recognise many words.

  • أَنكال(are) shacklesশৃংখল
  • تَنكِيل(in) punishmentশাস্তি দানে

Examples from the Qur'an

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..

Surah 79:25 — Read full ayah

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.

Surah 2:66 — Read full ayah

[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they earned [i.e., committed] as a deterrent [punishment] from Allāh. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Surah 5:38 — Read full ayah