# Nun-Ha-Lam — نحل (nHl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To make a gift, dower a woman, make a wedding gift, free gift. nihlatun - unasked, willingly, cheerfully and as agreed gift, without demand and without expecting a return for it. It is distinguishable from hibah (free gift), as every hibah is a nihlah but not every nihlah is a hibah.
- **Derived forms:** نِحْلَة (1) · نَّحْل (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** نِحْلَةًۭ ۚ — niḥ'latan · "graciously"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاٰتُوا النِّسَٓاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةًۜ  فَاِنْ طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ نَفْساً فَكُلُوهُ هَن۪ٓيـٔاً مَر۪ٓيـٔاً

Waatoo annisaa saduqatihinnanihlatan fa-in tibna lakum AAan shay-in minhunafsan fakuloohu hanee-an maree-a

And give the women their dowries as a gift willingly; but if they remit to you anything of it voluntarily, then consume it with satisfaction and pleasure.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-4.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنَّحْلِ — l-naḥli · "the bee"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاَوْحٰى رَبُّكَ اِلَى النَّحْلِ اَنِ اتَّخِذ۪ي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتاً وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَۙ

Waawha rabbuka ila annahliani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina ashshajariwamimma yaAArishoon

And thy Lord instructed the bee: “Take thou houses of the mountains, and of the trees, and of what they construct.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-68.md_

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