مَعَاذ forbid in Arabic
مَعَاذ is how you say “forbid” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ لَا نَقُولُ إِنَّهُ مَلِكٌ ظَالِمٌ، بَلْ نَبِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ مَنْ اتَّبَعَهُ فَهُوَ مِنَ السُّعَدَاءِ، وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ اتَّبَعَ مُوسَى فَهُوَ كَمَنْ اتَّبَعَ مُحَمَّدًا
When he heard this, he said: 'God forbid! We do not say he is a tyrant king, but a noble prophet. Whoever follows him is among the blessed, and likewise, whoever follows Moses is like one who follows Muhammad.'
مَعَاذَ God forbid
This noun stands in the accusative as part of a set protective formula and opens a possessive pairing with the divine name: refuge of God, meaning 'God forbid'. Arabic uses this fixed accusative phrase to recoil from a suggestion.
The English is machine-translated.

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