Arabic vocabulary
النَّهْيِforbidding in Arabic
النَّهْيِ is how you say “forbidding” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَلَا صَبْرٌ لَهُ عَلَى الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
And he has no patience for enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong.
وَالنَّهْيِ — and forbidding. Here wa- pairs two matched duties, 'enjoining right' and 'forbidding wrong', binding them into one familiar formula rather than a loose list. After it comes an action-noun ('the forbidding') with al- making it definite. The wa- of pairing keeps the two halves balanced.
From: Patience and the Human Self →
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