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مَنْع preventing in Arabic

مَنْع is how you say “preventing” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَإِنْ كَانَتْ سَبَبًا لِلأَلَمِ وَالأَذَى فِي الْعَاجِلِ وَمَنْعِ لَذَّاتٍ فِي الآجِلِ

Even if it causes pain and harm immediately and deprives pleasure in the future.

وَمَنْعِ and deprives

Despite the English 'deprives', this is a noun — 'the withholding of' — carried along the same 'a cause of...' chain by 'and'. Genitive, and the opening half of a possessive pair with the next word.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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More example sentences

فَيَفْضُلُ الْعَاقِلُ عَلَيْهِ بِمَنْعِ نَفْسِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

Thus, a rational person is superior by restraining himself from it.

بِمَنْعِ by restraining

The bi- marks the means ('by way of'); the noun it governs is 'the withholding', the opening half of a possessive pair. Genitive.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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