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ظَنّ suspicion in Arabic

ظَنّ is how you say “suspicion” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال إياكم والظن، فإن الظن أكذب الحديث،

The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 'Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the most false of speech.'

والظَّنَّ of suspicion

This carries the prefix wa- here functioning to tie the noun into the preceding warning rather than meaning a fresh 'and'. The noun takes the object ending because the warning word treats it as the thing to beware of, so the form itself shows it is the target of the caution.

From Avoid Envy and Suspicion

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أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال إياكم والظن، فإن الظن أكذب الحديث،

The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 'Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the most false of speech.'

الظَّنَّ suspicion

This noun carries 'the', marking it as the now-known thing under discussion, and it takes the object ending forced on it by the emphatic 'indeed' standing before it. So although it reads as the subject of 'suspicion is...', its shape is set by the particle governing it.

From Avoid Envy and Suspicion

وَرُبَّمَا ظَنٌّ مَنْ لَا عِلْمَ لَهُ أَنَّ جَوَاذِبَ الْآخِرَةِ أَقْوَى،

And perhaps one who has no knowledge might think that the attractions of the Hereafter are stronger.

ظَنٌّ a thought

An indefinite noun ('a thought/supposition') functioning as the grammatical subject. It is left indefinite to keep it general, and it is the act that the following relative clause ('one who has no knowledge') is credited with thinking.

From Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness

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