n-b-dh

Description

The Arabic root نبذ (n-b-dh) carries the core meaning of casting away, throwing aside, or rejecting something decisively, often with force or deliberate separation. In the Quran, it appears in contexts ranging from physical casting (like Jonah being cast onto the shore or Moses' mother placing him in the river) to the metaphorical rejection of covenants and divine guidance, emphasizing both literal displacement and spiritual abandonment. The root conveys a sense of definitive separation or dismissal, whether describing God's actions in delivering prophets from danger or humanity's tendency to discard divine commandments.