# Nun-Sad-Ye — نصي (nSy)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** forelock, get the mastery over, get hold of
- **Derived forms:** نَاصِيَة (3) · نَّوَٰصِى (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚ — bināṣiyatihā · "of its forelock"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

اِنّ۪ي تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللّٰهِ رَبّ۪ي وَرَبِّكُمْۜ مَا مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ اِلَّا هُوَ اٰخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَاۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Innee tawakkaltu AAala Allahirabbee warabbikum ma min dabbatin illa huwa akhithunbinasiyatiha inna rabbee AAala siratinmustaqeem

“I have placed my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature save He holds it by its forelock. My Lord is on a straight path.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-56.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى — bil-nawāṣī · "by the forelocks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاص۪ي وَالْاَقْدَامِۚ

YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahumfayu/khathu binnawasee wal-aqdam

The lawbreakers will be known by their mark, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet:

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-41.md_

### 96. Surah Al-'Alaq, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ — bil-nāṣiyati · "by the forelock"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ۬ لَنَسْفَعاً بِالنَّاصِيَةِۙ

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya

No, indeed! If he cease not, We will drag him by the forelock,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-alaq/verse-15.md_

### 96. Surah Al-'Alaq, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** نَاصِيَةٍۢ — nāṣiyatin · "A forelock"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍۚ

Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-a

The lying, offending forelock.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-alaq/verse-16.md_

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