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AN-NABAʾ (النباء). “The information.” The title of the LXXVIIIth Sūrah of the Qurʾān, in the second verse of which the word occurs: “Of the mighty information whereon they do dispute.”
NĀBĀLIG͟H (نابالغ). A Persian term used for a minor. [[PUBERTY].]
NABBĀSH (نباش). A plunderer or stripper of the dead. According to the Imāms Abū Yūsuf and ash-Shāfiʿī, the hand of a plunderer of the dead should be struck off, but Abū Ḥanīfah and the Imām Muḥammad are of the contrary opinion. (Hidāyah, vol. ii. p. 94.)
NABĪ (نبى). Heb. נָבִיא. A prophet. One who has received direct inspiration (waḥy) by means of an angel, or by the inspiration of the heart (ilhām); or has seen the things of God in a dream. (Vide Kitābu ʾt-Taʿrīfāt.) A rasūl, or “messenger,” is one who has received a book through the angel Gabriel. [[PROPHETS].]
NABĪẔ (نبيذ). A kind of wine made from dates, which is lawful. (Hidāyah, vol. iv. p. 155.)
NĀD-I-ʿALĪ (ناد على). Persian. An amulet on which is inscribed a prayer to ʿAlī. It is much used by the Shīʿahs, and runs thus:—
“Cry aloud to ʿAlī, who is the possessor of wonders!
From him you will find help from trouble!
He takes away very quickly all grief and anxiety!