Nass — bu shunday lafz (ma'noli ifoda) bo'lib, u o'zining kontekstdan kelib chiqadigan asl ko'zda tutilgan yoki maqsad qilingan ma'nosiga ta'vil (sharhlash) ehtimoli bilan yo'naltiradi. (Muallifning izohi: "Nass" so'zi lug'aviy jihatdan har bir oyat va hadisga "matn" ma'nosida qo'llaniladi (ya'ni Nass al-Hadis yoki Nusus al-Qur'on (Qur'on matnlari)). Biroq istilohiy ma'noda An-Nass yuqoridagi ta'rifda ko'rsatilgan narsani anglatadi.)

The Nass is the Lafzh (worded expression) that guides to its originally meant or intended meaning from its context with the Ihtimaal (openness to and possibility for) Ta’weel (interpretation). (Author’s note: The word ‘Nass’ is applied linguistically to every Aayah and Hadeeth with the meaning of ‘Text’ (i.e. Nass Al-Hadeeth or the Nusoos Al-Qur’aan (texts of the Qur’aan)) however in its Istilaahi meaning An-Nass means what the above definition has indicated to).

Nass — bu Zohir ustidan aniqligi oshgan narsadir. Aniqlikning oshishi shakldan (Siyg'a) kelib chiqmaydi, chunki Zohir va Nass aniqlik jihatidan teng yoki bir darajadadir. Balki aniqlik shundan kelib chiqadiki, Nassdagi ma'no dastlab va asosan nazarda tutilgan bo'ladi, Zohirning ma'nosi esa uning qo'llanish kontekstida asl nazarda tutilganidan boshqacha tarzda tushuniladi.