دفع repel in Arabic
دفع is how you say “repel” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
كَمَا أَنَّ الْغَضَبَ دَافِعٌ عَنْهُ مَا يُؤْذِي
Just as anger repels from him what harms.
دَافِعٌ repels
Predicate (nominative) — 'a repeller (of)'.
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وَهُوَ مَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى جَلْبِ الْمَصَالِحِ وَدَفْعِ الْمَضَارِّ
And that is what exceeds bringing benefits and repelling harms.
وَدَفْعِ and repelling
'wa-' = 'and'; first half of an 'of' phrase: 'the repelling of...'; genitive.
وأمثال ذَلِك كَثِيرَة وَذَلِكَ أَنه لَا يجلب مَنْفَعَة وَلَا يدْفع مضرَّة وَلَا فَائِدَة فِيهِ ومالا فَائِدَة فِيهِ لَا يَأْمر الله بِهِ
And there are many similar examples. That is because it neither brings benefit nor prevents harm, and there is no use in it; and what has no use in it, Allah does not command.
يَدْفَعُ it prevents
Present-tense verb, 'it wards off', with 'it' built in, under the running negation, 'nor wards off'. The present form states the general failing.