An-Nāfiʿ
The Bringer of Benefit
Root ن ف ع (n-f-ʿ). Lane offers nafaʿahu as meaning ‘it profited him; availed him; was of use or benefit to him’. In this root, the word nafʿ means benefit, as found in Qur'an 5:76. Manāfiʿ, which refers to benefits, appears in Qur'an 2:219. The term yanfaʿu also means benefits and is used in Qur'an 26:88. An-Nāfiʿ is not in the Qur'an in this form; no participle of the root occurs there.
The root
ن ف عn-f-ʿ
Benefit. Lane gives nafaʿahu as 'it profited him; availed him; was of use or benefit to him'.
- نَفْعnafʿbenefit (5:76)
- مَنَافِعmanāfiʿbenefits (2:219)
- يَنْفَعُyanfaʿubenefits (26:88)
Pronunciation
النَّافِعُ
an-NAA-fi'