نُهِىَforbid

Example sentences

• والطعام السخن مذموم، ونهى عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم

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

  صَلَّى — blessed. Part of the set blessing after the Prophet is implied: a past-tense verb meaning 'has blessed', with God named just after as the one who blesses. It opens the fixed honorific formula.

  From: Eating in Moderation →

• وكذلك نهى صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الأكل متكئا ،

  And similarly, the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade eating while reclining.

  صَلَّى — blessed. Part of the fixed blessing after the Prophet's name: a past-tense verb meaning 'has blessed', with God named just after. It opens the honorific formula.

  From: Eating in Moderation →

• وَلَا صَبْرُ لَهُ عَنْ دَاعِيِ هَوَاهُ إِلَى اِرْتِكَابِ مَا نُهِىَ عَنْهُ

  And he has no patience to resist the urging of his desire to commit what he was forbidden to do.

  نُهِىَ — was forbidden. This is the passive form of the verb: the deed 'was forbidden' rather than someone actively forbidding here. Arabic marks the passive by shifting the inner vowels of the verb, not by adding a helper word like 'was'. The one who did the forbidding is left unnamed, the normal effect of the passive.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →