فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١٠١
So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.
نُسَيْبَة
Nusaybah: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Nusayba
Female Companion“Related, of noble lineage”; diminutive of nasiba
Nusaybah in Islam
Nusayba bint Kaʿb, Umm ʿUmara, was one of the two women present at the second pledge of al-ʿAqaba; at Uhud she fought to defend the Prophet ﷺ and received many wounds. She once said to him: “I see that everything is for men, and women are not mentioned in anything”, and verse 33:35 was revealed (al-Tirmidhi 3211). Nusayba bint al-Harith, Umm ʿAtiyya, transmitted many hadiths.
Meaning of the name Nusaybah
Nusayba, also pronounced Nasiba, belongs to the root n-s-b of kinship and lineage (nasab): nasib means a relative, a kinsman by marriage and a man of good family; nasiba is its feminine and Nusayba its affectionate diminutive. The name thus evokes belonging to a noble ancestry. Rare in modern usage, it is given in memory of two female Companions of Medina.
- In Arabic
- نُسَيْبَة نسيبة
- Transliteration
- Nusayba
- Root
- ن س ب · 3 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Nusaybah in the Quran?
The name Nusaybah does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ن س ب) occurs 3 times. Examples:
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ٥٤
And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ١٥٨
And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].
All the words of the root ن س ب in the Quran (3 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Good (hasan)
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3211
that she came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: "I do not see but that everything is for the men, and I do not see anything being mentioned for the women." So this Ayah was revealed: 'Indeed the Muslim men and the Muslim women, the believing men and the believing women... (33:35)'
مَا أَرَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ لِلرِّجَالِ وَمَا أَرَى النِّسَاءَ يُذْكَرْنَ بِشَيْءٍ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ : (إن الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ )
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Nusaybah in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Nusaybah in each language
- French
- Noussayba, Nusayba, Nousseiba, Nusaiba
- English
- Nusaybah, Nusayba, Nusaiba
- Spanish
- Nusayba, Nusaiba
- Turkish
- Nesibe, Nüseybe
- Arabic
- نُسَيْبَة