إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ ١
When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,
نَصْر
Nasr: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Naṣr
In the QuranSurah name“Help, victory” granted by Allah
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, An-Nasr 110:1.
Nasr in Islam
Surah 110, al-Nasr, one of the last revealed, opens thus: “When the help of Allah comes, and the victory” (110:1). The word occurs twenty-two times, including “Help comes only from Allah” (3:126) and the promise “help from Allah and a near victory” (61:13).
Meaning of the name Nasr
Nasr is the verbal noun of nasara, “to help, to support, to grant victory” (root n-s-r, that of ansar, “the helpers”, and nasir, “the one who helps”): it is the aid that brings triumph. The name is given alone or in compounds, like Nasr Allah, “help of Allah”; it should not be confused with Nasir (Nasser), another name from the same root.
- In Arabic
- نَصْر نصر
- Transliteration
- Naṣr
- Root
- ن ص ر · 158 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Nasr in the Quran?
Yes: the word Nasr appears in the Quran 22 times, in 15 surahs.
وَأُخْرَىٰ تُحِبُّونَهَا نَصْرٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٣
And [you will obtain] another [favor] that you love - victory from Allāh and an imminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers.
وَمَا جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ لَكُمْ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُكُم بِهِۦ وَمَا ٱلنَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ ١٢٦
And Allāh made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby. And victory is not except from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise -
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ ٢١٤
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near.
17 other verses
- Ali ’Imran 3:13
- Al-An’am 6:34
- Al-A’raf 7:192
- Al-A’raf 7:197
- Al-Anfal 8:10
- Al-Anfal 8:26
- Al-Anfal 8:62
- Al-Anfal 8:72
- Yusuf 12:110
- Al-Anbya 21:43
- Al-Hajj 22:39
- Al-Furqan 25:19
- Al-’Ankabut 29:10
- Ar-Rum 30:5
- Ar-Rum 30:47
- Ya-Sin 36:75
- Al-Fath 48:3
All the words of the root ن ص ر in the Quran (158 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Nasr in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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Writing Nasr in each language
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