Quran glossary · draft

نَافِلَةُ اللَّيْل

additional devotion

An act of worship undertaken in addition to established devotional obligations.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: نفل

Lemmas: نافلة

Forms: نَافِلَةً

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

17:79

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا

Why this meaning was chosen

All four occurrences were reviewed. The plural names battle gains subject to divine allocation, while نافلة marks either added night devotion or Jacob as an additional gift beyond Isaac. All preserve an added-benefit core.