Al-Qalam
68:12

Al-Qalam · Ayah 12

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Translation

A preventer

Word Breakdown

مَّنَّاعٍۢ

A preventer

Word Breakdown

مَّنَّاعٍIsm · Adjective
GenitiveIndefiniteMasculineSingular
Rootمنع
Uncommon

to refuse one some thing, to prohibit, interdict, to prevent

Lemmaمَّنَّاع

Adjective

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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.

Sahih International

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

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