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مَذْمُومٌ blameworthy in Arabic

مَذْمُومٌ is how you say “blameworthy” in Arabic.

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والطعام السخن مذموم، ونهى عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم

Very hot food is blameworthy, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade it.

وَنُهِيَ and was forbidden

The 'wa-' adds a clause, and the verb is passive: the food was forbidden by the Prophet, with the doer left unnamed in the verb itself. Arabic marks the passive through the inner vowels rather than a helper word.

From Eating in Moderation

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More example sentences

وَأَنَّ الاِسْتِحْيَاءَ فِي التَّسَاؤُلِ عَنْ أَمْرِ الشَّرْعِ مَذْمُومٌ،

And that feeling ashamed to ask about a matter of religious law is blameworthy.

مَذْمُومٌ blameworthy

A passive-participle adjective 'blameworthy', the predicate of the 'that' clause — what the shyness is declared to be. Built from a verb, it names the state of being censured. As the predicate it stands in the nominative, delivering the sentence's final verdict on the shyness.

From How the Companions Preserved Hadith

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