Ma'anar An-Naskh a harshe shi ne: ɗagawa/ɗaga (Ar-Raf'u) da kuma cirewa (Al-Izaalah). Wannan kamar faɗin: 'Rana ta Nasakhat inuwa' da kuma: 'Iska ta Nasakhat alama'. Ana kuma iya amfani da shi a harshe don nufin wani abu makamancin canja wuri (Naql) kamar faɗinsu: 'Nasakhtu Al-Kitaab' (watau na kwafe shi kuma na canja abin da ke cikin ɗaya zuwa ɗayan). A cikin ma'anar ƙa'idar Shari'a (Al Istilaah), An-Naskh shi ne: ɗage hukuncin da wata magana ta farko ta kafa ta hanyar wata magana da ta zo daga baya fiye da ita.

An-Naskh linguistically means: Raising/lifting (Ar-Raf’u) and removing (Al-Izaalah). This is like the statement: ‘The Sun Nasakhat the shade’ and: ‘The wind Nasakhat the trace’. It can also be used linguistically to intend something similar to transference (Naql) like in their statement: ‘Nasakhtu Al-Kitaab’ (i.e. I copied it and transferred what was on one to the other). An-Naskh in accordance to the Shar’a terminological convention (Al Istilaah) means: The lifting of the Hukm established by a previous address by an address that is later than it.