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يَمْنَعُ withhold in Arabic

يَمْنَعُ is how you say “withhold” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

كما قال تعالى ﴿الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاؤُونَ وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ﴾

As He, the Almighty, said, 'Those who show off and withhold simple assistance.'

وَيَمْنَعُونَ and withhold

The wa- adds a second verb, present tense with a built-in plural subject, 'and they withhold'. Coordinated with the showing-off verb, it continues describing the group; the verb governs the following noun as its object.

From Prayer and Charity

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More example sentences

وَبَاعِثُ الْعَقْلِ وَالدِّينِ يَمْنَعُ مِنْهُ

And the prompting of reason and religion prevents him from it.

يَمْنَعُ it prevents

A present-tense verb ('prevents/holds back') with its 'it' subject built in, agreeing with the 'prompting' that is the real subject. It reports what reason and religion do against the nature's pull. No separate subject pronoun appears, since the verb shape carries it.

From Patience and the Human Self

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