Hafiz soon
Al-Qalam · 68:12
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
Sahih International
Word 1 of 4
مَّنَّاعٍۢ
mannāʿin
A preventer
Word breakdown
مَّنَّاعٍ
Ism · AdjectiveA preventer
RootمنعmnE
to refuse one some thing, to prohibit, interdict, to prevent
17× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaمَّنَّاعAdjective
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
مَّنَّاعٍۢ (A preventer) has no ال and takes tanwīn (the "n" sound at the end), so it means "a" or "some" — not a specific one.
We translate it as "a/an" or leave it general.
Lesson 2 · I'rab & Flexibility