The triliteral root nūn jīm sīn (ن ج س) occurs only once in the Quran, as the noun najas (نَجَس). The translation below is a brief gloss intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on the word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Noun
(9:28:6) najasun | (are) unclean | إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon - Classical Arabic dictionary