Arabic vocabulary
إِمْسَاكٌabstaining in Arabic
إِمْسَاكٌ is how you say “abstaining” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
هذا هو الصوم المشروع، لا مجرد الإمساك عن الطعام والشراب
This is the prescribed fasting, not merely abstaining from food and drink.
الْإِمْسَاكِ — abstaining. A verbal noun 'holding back', the owner completing 'the mere abstaining', genitive, definite. It names the shallow, food-only fast being ruled out.
From: The Meaning of Fasting →
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