Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
نجس
Parts of Speech
Noun (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
1 times across 1 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root نجس across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root نجس (njs) describes something as unclean, dirty, or impure. It can refer to physical impurity or, tropically, to spiritual impurity, as in the Quranic verse about polytheists.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: n-j-s
Listen: نَجَسٌ 9:28
Root letters: ن — ج — س

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

All word forms derived from the root نجس as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root نجس appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

Repentance 9:28 Noun
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡمُشۡرِكُونَ نَجَسࣱ فَلَا یَقۡرَبُوا۟ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ بَعۡدَ عَامِهِمۡ هَـٰذَاۚ وَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ عَیۡلَةࣰ فَسَوۡفَ یُغۡنِیكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۤ إِن شَاۤءَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِیمٌ حَكِیمࣱ ۝٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-iaram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise

Derived Forms (1)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
نَجَسٌ najasun Noun