Arabic vocabulary
نَصٌّ is how you say “text” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
إذ المقاصدُ ميزانٌ يعيدُ ترتيبَ الأولوياتِ ويَجمعُ بين نصٍّ مُحكَمٍ وعقلٍ راشدٍ وواقعٍ مُتغيِّر
For the objectives are a scale that reorders priorities and integrates clear text, sound intellect, and changing reality.
نَصٍّ — text. 'a text [-source],' indefinite, in the -i form after 'between' — the first of three things reconciled: the revealed text, qualified by 'clear' next.
From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →فقاس مع النص والفقيه إذا جاء نص لا يقيس،
So he made an analogy against the text, whereas a jurist does not use analogy when a text is given.
النَّصِّ — the text. A definite noun governed by the accompaniment word before it, in the 'of' ending. The 'the' marks the text as a specific known scripture, and the ending shows it as the thing the analogy was placed against.
From: Adam and the Rebel →فقاس مع النص والفقيه إذا جاء نص لا يقيس،
So he made an analogy against the text, whereas a jurist does not use analogy when a text is given.
نَصٌّ — a text. Placed after its verb, this indefinite noun is the real subject of the condition's verb and stands in the plain subject ending. Its un-prefixed shape, 'a text', presents it generally as any scriptural text that may come.
From: Adam and the Rebel →OpenArabic teaches words like نَصٌّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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