# Nun-Ayn-Lam — نعل (nEl)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/nEl

- **Meaning:** to give shoes to anyone, covering underneath foot preventing contact with the ground, sole, sandal. The command in the verse 20:12 to take off your shoes can be taken as a metaphorical expression for making the heart vacant from worldly relations.
- **Derived forms:** نَعْلَي (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ — naʿlayka · "your shoes"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · accusative case

اِنّ۪ٓي اَنَا۬ رَبُّكَ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَۚ اِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىۜ

Innee ana rabbuka fakhlaAAnaAAlayka innaka bilwadi almuqaddasi tuwa

“I am thy Lord; so remove thou thy sandals; thou art in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-12.md_

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