فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
نَكَال، تَنكِيل، أَنكَال
action-checking severe restraint
A severe constraint checks a participant's movement or continuation of prohibited action and can deter recurrence.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 5
Roots: نكل
Lemmas: نكال · تنكيل · أنكال
Forms: نَكَٰلًا · تَنكِيلًا · أَنكَالًا · نَكَالَ
Occurrence examples (5 of 5)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.
فَقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ وَحَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ أَشَدُّ بَأْسًا وَأَشَدُّ تَنكِيلًا
وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَٰلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
Where other meanings fail
admonition
2:66
فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Alternative: We made it an admonition and an admonition for the mindful
Research rendering: We made it a deterrent and an admonition for the mindful
The verse coordinates deterrent punishment with admonition as distinct effects.
fetters
4:84
فَقَٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ وَحَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ أَشَدُّ بَأْسًا وَأَشَدُّ تَنكِيلًا
Alternative: God is strongest in might and strongest in fetters
Research rendering: God is strongest in might and strongest in punitive restraint
The Form-II event noun profiles punitive checking force, not the concrete plural instrument.
deterrent example
73:12
إِنَّ لَدَيْنَآ أَنكَالًا وَجَحِيمًا
Alternative: with Us are deterrent examples and a blaze
Research rendering: with Us are fetters and a blaze
The plural noun fills a concrete punishment-inventory slot and directly constrains movement.