Hafiz soon
Al-Alaq · 96:16

A lying, sinning forelock.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 3

نَاصِيَةٍۢ

nāṣiyatin

A forelock

Word breakdown

نَاصِيَةٍ

Ism · Noun

A forelock

RootنصيnSy

forelock, front of the head

4× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaنَاصِيَةNoun

Grammar rules

Indefinite noun

نَاصِيَةٍۢ (A forelock) has no ال and takes tanwīn (the "n" sound at the end), so it means "a" or "some" — not a specific one.

We translate it as "a/an" or leave it general.

Lesson 2 · I'rab & Flexibility