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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 · Adjective

A 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