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ن-ك-ح

Nun-Kaf-Ha

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Nun-Kaf-Ha (ن-ك-ح) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: nikāḥ (marriage / marriage contract).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 23 times in 19 verses, across 6 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:221. The form نِكَاحٌ (marriage / marriage contract) accounts for 5 of them.

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Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
نِكَاحٌ
nikāḥ
marriage / marriage contractnoun, B15×Character, Community, and Worship

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.

Quran 4:3
وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْأَيَـٰمَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَآئِكُمْ ۚ إِن يَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves and maid-servants. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them of His bounty. Allah is of ample means, Aware.

Quran 24:32
وَٱلْقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّـٰتِى لَا يَرْجُونَ نِكَاحًا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعْنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيْرَ مُتَبَرِّجَـٰتٍۭ بِزِينَةٍ ۖ وَأَن يَسْتَعْفِفْنَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is no sin for them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show adornment. But to refrain is better for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Quran 24:60

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun
نِكَاحٌ
nikāḥ

marriage / marriage contract

Example
وَأَنْكِحُوا الْأَيَامَى مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ
wa-ankiḥū al-ayāmā minkum waṣ-ṣāliḥīna min ʿibādikum
And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your servants (24:32)
Grammar

Masculine noun (maṣdar). Verb: نَكَحَ / أَنْكَحَ (to marry). Form IV أَنْكَحَ is used for giving in marriage. The imperative here is addressed to the community.

Culture

Marriage in Islam is a sacred contract (ʿaqd) and an act of worship. The Quran describes spouses as garments for each other (2:187).

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