Quran glossary · draft

الأَنْفَال

spoils

Battle gains received beyond one's prior possessions and subject to authoritative distribution.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: نفل

Lemmas: أنفال

Forms: أَنفَالِ · أَنفَالُ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

8:1

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَنفَالِ قُلِ ٱلْأَنفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا۟ ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

8:1

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَنفَالِ قُلِ ٱلْأَنفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا۟ ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

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.