مَنْعpreventing

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →