An-Naskh lug'atda ko'tarish (ar-raf'u) va yo'qotish (al-izaalah) ma'nolarini bildiradi. Masalan, arablarning: "Quyosh soyani nasx qildi" va "Shamol izni nasx qildi" degan so'zlari shunday ishlatiladi. Shuningdek, u lug'atda ko'chirish (naql) ma'nosiga yaqin ma'noda ham qo'llanishi mumkin, masalan: "Nasaxtu al-kitob" degan so'zda: ya'ni, men kitobni ko'chirdim va bir nusxadagini ikkinchisiga o'tkazdim. Shar'iy istilohga ko'ra esa An-Naskh - oldingi xitob bilan belgilangan hukmni undan keyingi xitob bilan bekor qilishdir.

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.