حَرَام unlawful in Arabic
حَرَام is how you say “unlawful” in Arabic.
Arabic
English
The audio uses AI voices.
Example sentence
وَإِنَّ الْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ،
and the unlawful is clear,
الْحَرَامَ the unlawful
The subject of this 'inna', in the accusative, naming the religiously forbidden. Parallel to 'the lawful', it too is declared plain.
The English is machine-translated.
Practise this word in the app
One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.
Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.
Free. No ads. No subscription.
An account is needed in the app.
More example sentences
وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ وَقَعَ فِي الْحَرَامِ،
And whoever falls into doubtful matters falls into the unlawful.
الْحَرَامِ the unlawful
In the genitive after 'into', naming the forbidden. So dabbling in the doubtful slides one straight into the unlawful.
وأما من كان ليس من أهله لكونه غير جامع لأدواته فحرام عليه التفسير
As for those who are not qualified, because they do not possess the tools, interpretation is forbidden for them.
فَحَرَامٌ so forbidden is
The 'fa-' delivers the verdict on the fronted topic: 'then forbidden [is]...'. The ruling-word 'forbidden' is placed first for emphasis, before its subject 'interpretation' arrives — putting the prohibition up front.
وأما من كان ليس من أهله لكونه غير جامع لأدواته فحرام عليه التفسير لكن له أن ينقل التفسير عن المعتمدين من أهله
As for those who are not its experts due to lack of tools, it is forbidden for them to interpret, but they can convey interpretation from trusted sources.
فَحَرَامٌ so forbidden
The 'fa-' delivers the verdict, 'forbidden' placed first for emphasis, before its subject 'interpretation' arrives — the ban front-loaded.
كل المسلم على المسلم حرام دمه، وعرضه، وماله،
All of a Muslim is sacred to another Muslim: his blood, his honor, and his wealth.
حَرَامٌ is sacred
This is the predicate of a verbless sentence: with no word for 'is', placing this indefinite noun against the earlier topic states 'is sacred/forbidden'. Its indefinite ending marks it as describing a quality rather than pointing to a known thing.
وَمن وَقع فِي الشُّبُهَات وَقع فِي الْحَرَام
And whoever falls into the ambiguous matters falls into the unlawful.
الحَرَامِ the unlawful
Definite noun, 'the unlawful', as the thing fallen into, in the form a preposition governs. The 'the' makes it a fixed, named category, contrasting deliberately with the gray-area 'ambiguous matters' above.