An-Naskh kwa lugha lina maana ya: kuinua (Ar-Raf'u) na kuondoa (Al-Izaalah). Hii ni kama kauli: 'Jua limeinasakh kivuli' na: 'Upepo umeinasakh athari'. Pia linaweza kutumika kwa lugha kwa maana sawa na uhamishaji (Naql), kama katika kauli yao: 'Nasakhtu Al-Kitaab' (yaani, niliinakili na kuhamisha kilichokuwa kwenye kimoja hadi kingine). An-Naskh kwa mujibu wa istilahi ya Shari'a (Al Istilaah) maana yake ni: kuinuliwa kwa Hukm iliyowekwa na khitabu cha awali kwa khitabu kinachokuja baadaye kuliko kile.

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.

Maana ya kuondolewa (Raf’u) kwa Hukm: Ni kuondolewa kwa Hukm kiasi kwamba Mukallafeen (wale wanaowajibika kisheria na kuwajibishwa) hawaombwi tena wala hawalazimishwi kuitekeleza au kuikamilisha.

The meaning of lifting (Raf’u) of the Hukm: The removal of the Hukm so that the Mukallafeen (those who are legally responsible and accountable) are no longer requested or required to undertake or fulfil it.