# Nun-he-Ye — نهي (nhy)

> Occurs in 56 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/nhy

- **Meaning:** to prevent, forbid, chide away, prohibit, make one to stop from, restrain, interdict, hinder, desist, refrain
- **Derived forms:** مُّنتَهُون (1) · مُنتَهَىٰ (3) · نَّاهُون (1) · نُّهَىٰ (2) · نَهَىٰ (32) · يَتَنَاهَ (1) · ٱنتَهَىٰ (16)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 192

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتَهَوْا۟ — intahaw · "they cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَاِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Fa-ini intahaw fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

But if they desist, then God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-192.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 193

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتَهَوْا۟ — intahaw · "they cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتّٰى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدّ۪ينُ لِلّٰهِۜ  فَاِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَلَا عُدْوَانَ اِلَّا عَلَى الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Waqatiloohum hatta latakoona fitnatun wayakoona addeenu lillahi fa-iniintahaw fala AAudwana illa AAala aththalimeen

And fight them until there is no more means of denial and the doctrine belongs to God; but if they desist, then is there no enmity save against the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-193.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 275

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَهَىٰ — fa-intahā · "and he refrained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبٰوا لَا يَقُومُونَ اِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذ۪ي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُٓوا اِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبٰواۢ وَاَحَلَّ اللّٰهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبٰواۜ فَمَنْ جَٓاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ فَانْتَهٰى فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَۜ وَاَمْرُهُٓ اِلَى اللّٰهِۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَالِدُونَ

Allatheena ya/kuloona arribala yaqoomoona illa kama yaqoomu allatheeyatakhabbatuhu ashshaytanu mina almassi thalikabi-annahum qaloo innama albayAAu mithlu arribawaahalla Allahu albayAAa waharrama arribafaman jaahu mawAAithatun min rabbihi fantahafalahu ma salafa waamruhu ila Allahi wamanAAada faola-ika as-habu annarihum feeha khalidoon

Those who consume usury will not stand save as stands he whom the satan buffets with his touch; for it is that they say: “Commerce is but the same as usury,” when God has made commerce lawful and forbidden usury! And he to whom came the admonition from his Lord, and desisted: he has what is past, and his case is with God. But whoso returns: those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-275.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 104

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَنْهَوْنَ — wayanhawna · "and forbidding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ اُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ اِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِۜ  وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Waltakun minkum ommatun yadAAoona ilaalkhayri waya/muroona bilmaAAroofi wayanhawna AAanialmunkari waola-ika humu almuflihoon

And let there be from you a community inviting to good, and enjoining what is fitting, and forbidding perversity; and it is they who are the successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-104.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَنْهَوْنَ — watanhawna · "and forbidding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ اُمَّةٍ اُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِۜ وَلَوْ اٰمَنَ اَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْۜ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَاَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Kuntum khayra ommatin okhrijat linnasita/muroona bilmaAAroofi watanhawna AAani almunkariwatu/minoona billahi walaw amana ahlu alkitabilakana khayran lahum minhumu almu/minoona waaktharuhumualfasiqoon

You are the best community brought forth for mankind: you enjoin what is fitting, and you forbid perversity, and you believe in God. And had the doctors of the Law believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-110.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 114

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَنْهَوْنَ — wayanhawna · "and forbid"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Yu/minoona billahi walyawmial-akhiri waya/muroona bilmaAAroofi wayanhawnaAAani almunkari wayusariAAoona fee alkhayrati waola-ikamina assaliheen

They believe in God and the Last Day, and enjoin what is fitting, and forbid perversity, and compete in good deeds; and those are among the righteous.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-114.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** تُنْهَوْنَ — tun'hawna · "you are forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تَجْتَنِبُوا كَـبَٓائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُمْ مُدْخَلاً كَر۪يماً

In tajtaniboo kaba-ira matunhawna AAanhu nukaffir AAankum sayyi-atikum wanudkhilkummudkhalan kareema

If you avoid the enormities of what you are forbidden, We will remove from you your evil deeds and make you enter at a noble entrance.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-31.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** نُهُوا۟ — nuhū · "they were forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَخْذِهِمُ الرِّبٰوا وَقَدْ نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَاَكْلِهِمْ اَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِۜ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

Waakhthihimu arribawaqad nuhoo AAanhu waaklihim amwala annasibilbatili waaAAtadna lilkafireenaminhum AAathaban aleema

And for their taking of usury when they had been forbidden it, and their consuming the wealth of men in vanity; and We have prepared for the false claimers of guidance among them a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-161.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتَهُوا۟ — intahū · "desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا ف۪ي د۪ينِكُمْ وَلَا تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْحَقَّۜ اِنَّمَا الْمَس۪يحُ ع۪يسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُۚ اَلْقٰيهَٓا اِلٰى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْهُۘ فَاٰمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرُسُلِه۪ۚ وَلَا تَقُولُوا ثَلٰثَةٌۜ اِنْتَهُوا خَيْراً لَكُمْۜ اِنَّمَا اللّٰهُ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۜ سُبْحَانَهُٓ اَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلَدٌۢ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَكَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ وَك۪يلاً۟

Ya ahla alkitabi lataghloo fee deenikum wala taqooloo AAala Allahiilla alhaqqa innama almaseehu AAeesaibnu maryama rasoolu Allahi wakalimatuhu alqahaila maryama waroohun minhu faaminoo billahiwarusulihi wala taqooloo thalathatun intahookhayran lakum innama Allahu ilahun wahidunsubhanahu an yakoona lahu waladun lahu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi wakafa billahiwakeela

O doctors of the Law: exceed not bounds in your doctrine, nor ascribe to God save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary was only the messenger of God, and His word which He conveyed to Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and say not: “Three.” Desist; it is best for you. God is but One God. Glory be to Him that He should have a son! To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God is sufficient as disposer of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-171.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَىٰهُمُ — yanhāhumu · "forbid them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَوْلَا يَنْهٰيهُمُ الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالْاَحْبَارُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِمُ الْاِثْمَ وَاَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَۜ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

Lawla yanhahumu arrabbaniyyoonawal-ahbaru AAan qawlihimu al-ithmawaaklihimu assuhta labi/sa ma kanooyasnaAAoon

Oh, that the rabbis and the religious scholars had but forbidden their speaking sin and their consumption of illicit gain! Evil is what they were working.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-63.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** يَنتَهُوا۟ — yantahū · "they desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُٓوا اِنَّ اللّٰهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلٰثَةٍۢ وَمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّٓا اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۜ وَاِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهُوا عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Laqad kafara allatheena qalooinna Allaha thalithu thalathatin wamamin ilahin illa ilahun wahidun wa-inlam yantahoo AAamma yaqooloona layamassanna allatheenakafaroo minhum AAathabun aleem

They have denied who say: “God is the third of three.” And there is no god save One God. And if they desist not from so saying, there will touch those who ignore warningamong them a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-73.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** يَتَنَاهَوْنَ — yatanāhawna · "forbidding each other"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُۜ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

Kanoo la yatanahawnaAAan munkarin faAAaloohu labi/sa ma kanooyafAAaloon

They forbade not one another what is perverse, but they did it; evil was what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-79.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** مُّنتَهُونَ — muntahūna · "(be) the ones who abstain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلٰوةِۚ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ

Innama yureedu ashshaytanuan yooqiAAa baynakumu alAAadawata walbaghdaafee alkhamri walmaysiri wayasuddakum AAan thikriAllahi waAAani assalati fahal antummuntahoon

The satan but wishes to cause between you enmity and hatred in wine and the games of chance, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from the duty; so will you not desist?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-91.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَوْنَ — yanhawna · "forbid (others)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْـَٔوْنَ عَنْهُۚ وَاِنْ يُهْلِكُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wahum yanhawna AAanhu wayan-awna AAanhuwa-in yuhlikoona illa anfusahum wama yashAAuroon

And they forbid it, and are far from it; and they destroy not save themselves, but they perceive not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-26.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** نُهُوا۟ — nuhū · "they were forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

بَلْ بَدَا لَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُخْفُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا لَعَادُوا لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Bal bada lahum ma kanooyukhfoona min qablu walaw ruddoo laAAadoo limanuhoo AAanhu wa-innahum lakathiboon

The truth is, what they concealed before will be clear to them; and if they were sent back, they would return to what they were forbidden; and they are liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-28.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** نُهِيتُ — nuhītu · "[I] am forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 1st person, singular · past tense

قُلْ اِنّ۪ي نُه۪يتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ قُلْ لَٓا اَتَّبِـعُ اَهْوَٓاءَكُمْۙ قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ اِذاً وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُهْتَد۪ينَ

Qul innee nuheetu an aAAbuda allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi qul la attabiAAu ahwaakumqad dalaltu ithan wama ana minaalmuhtadeen

Say thou: “I have been forbidden to serve those to whom you call besides God.” Say thou: “I do not follow your vain desires, else had I gone astray, and would not be of the guided.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-56.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** نَهَىٰكُمَا — nahākumā · "forbid you both"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُ۫رِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْاٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهٰيكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ اَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِد۪ينَ

Fawaswasa lahuma ashshaytanuliyubdiya lahuma ma wooriya AAanhuma minsaw-atihima waqala ma nahakumarabbukuma AAan hathihi ashshajarati illaan takoona malakayni aw takoona mina alkhalideen

Then the satan whispered to them, to make manifest to them what was hidden from them of their shame. He said: “Your Lord forbade you this tree only lest you become angels, or of those abiding eternally.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-20.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** أَنْهَكُمَا — anhakumā · "I forbid you both"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

فَدَلّٰيهُمَا بِغُرُورٍۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْاٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِۜ وَنَادٰيهُمَا رَبُّهُمَٓا اَلَمْ اَنْهَكُمَا عَنْ تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَاَقُلْ لَكُمَٓا اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Fadallahuma bighuroorin falammathaqa ashshajarata badat lahuma saw-atuhumawatafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhimamin waraqi aljannati wanadahuma rabbuhumaalam anhakuma AAan tilkuma ashshajaratiwaaqul lakuma inna ashshaytana lakumaAAaduwwun mubeen

And he led them by delusion; then when they tasted of the tree, their shame was made manifest to them, and they began to draw over them of the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to them: “Did I not forbid you that tree? And did I not say to you: ‘The satan is an open enemy to you’?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-22.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ — wayanhāhum · "and forbids them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْاُمِّيَّ الَّذ۪ي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوباً عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْج۪يلِۘ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهٰيهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَٓائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ اِصْرَهُمْ وَالْاَغْلَالَ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ فَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِه۪ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اُنْزِلَ مَعَهُٓۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ۟

Allatheena yattabiAAoona arrasoolaannabiyya al-ommiyya allathee yajidoonahumaktooban AAindahum fee attawrati wal-injeeliya/muruhum bilmaAAroofi wayanhahum AAani almunkariwayuhillu lahumu attayyibati wayuharrimuAAalayhimu alkhaba-itha wayadaAAu AAanhum israhumwal-aghlala allatee kanat AAalayhim fallatheenaamanoo bihi waAAazzaroohu wanasaroohu wattabaAAooannoora allathee onzila maAAahu ola-ikahumu almuflihoon

“Those who follow the Messenger, the unschooled prophet, whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins on them what is fitting and forbids them perversity, and making lawful for them the good things, and making unlawful for them the bad, and relieving them of their burden and the fetters that were upon them — those who believed in him, and supported him, and helped him, and followed the light which was sent down with him: it is they who are the successful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-157.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 165

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَوْنَ — yanhawna · "forbade"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ٓ اَنْجَيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّٓوءِ وَاَخَذْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا بِعَذَابٍ بَـ۪ٔيسٍ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Falamma nasoo ma thukkiroobihi anjayna allatheena yanhawna AAani assoo-iwaakhathna allatheena thalamoobiAAathabin ba-eesin bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We delivered those who forbade evil, and seized those who did wrong with a wretched punishment, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-165.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 166

- **Form in this verse:** نُهُوا۟ — nuhū · "they were forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَ

Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhooAAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasi-een

And when they scorned what they had been forbidden, We said to them: “Be despised apes!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-166.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** تَنتَهُوا۟ — tantahū · "you desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تَسْتَفْتِحُوا فَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمُ الْفَتْحُۚ وَاِنْ تَنْتَهُوا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ تَعُودُوا نَعُدْۚ وَلَنْ تُغْنِيَ عَنْكُمْ فِئَتُكُمْ شَيْـٔاً وَلَوْ كَـثُرَتْۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ۟

In tastaftihoo faqad jaakumualfathu wa-in tantahoo fahuwa khayrun lakum wa-intaAAoodoo naAAud walan tughniya AAankum fi-atukum shay-an walawkathurat waanna Allaha maAAa almu/mineen

(If you seek decision: the decision has come to you; and if you cease, it is better for you. But if you return, We will return, and your company will avail you nothing though it be numerous.) — and that God is with the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-19.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** يَنتَهُوا۟ — yantahū · "they cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قُلْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ يَنْتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۚ وَاِنْ يَعُودُوا فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ

Qul lillatheena kafaroo in yantahooyughfar lahum ma qad salafa wa-in yaAAoodoo faqad madatsunnatu al-awwaleen

Say thou to those who ignore warning: if they cease, what is past will be forgiven them; but if they return, then the practice of the former peoples has gone before.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-38.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتَهَوْا۟ — intahaw · "they cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتّٰى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدّ۪ينُ كُلُّهُ لِلّٰهِۚ فَاِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Waqatiloohum hatta latakoona fitnatun wayakoona addeenu kulluhu lillahifa-ini intahaw fa-inna Allaha bima yaAAmaloona baseer

And fight them until there is no means of denial, and the doctrine is entirely for God; and if they cease, God sees what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-39.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** يَنتَهُونَ — yantahūna · "cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ نَكَثُٓوا اَيْمَانَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا ف۪ي د۪ينِكُمْ فَقَاتِلُٓوا اَئِمَّةَ الْكُفْرِۙ اِنَّهُمْ لَٓا اَيْمَانَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنْتَهُونَ

Wa-in nakathoo aymanahum min baAAdiAAahdihim wataAAanoo fee deenikum faqatilooa-immata alkufri innahum la aymana lahumlaAAallahum yantahoon

And if they renege on their oaths after their covenant and revile your doctrine, then fight the leaders of denial: they have no oaths that they might desist.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-12.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَنْهَوْنَ — wayanhawna · "and forbid"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۢ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمُنْكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ اَيْدِيَهُمْۜ نَسُوا اللّٰهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْۜ اِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Almunafiqoona walmunafiqatubaAAduhum min baAAdin ya/muroona bilmunkariwayanhawna AAani almaAAroofi wayaqbidoona aydiyahum nasooAllaha fanasiyahum inna almunafiqeena humu alfasiqoon

The wavering men and the wavering women are alike: they enjoin perversity, and they forbid what is fitting, and they close their hands; they have forgotten God, so He has forgotten them. The waverers: they are the perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-67.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَنْهَوْنَ — wayanhawna · "and forbid"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ بَعْضٍۢ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُق۪يمُونَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَيُط۪يعُونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Walmu/minoona walmu/minatubaAAduhum awliyao baAAdin ya/muroona bilmaAAroofiwayanhawna AAani almunkari wayuqeemoona assalatawayu/toona azzakata wayuteeAAoona Allahawarasoolahu ola-ika sayarhamuhumu Allahuinna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem

And the believing men and the believing women are allies of one another: they enjoin what is fitting, and forbid perversity, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, and obey God and His messenger; those: God will have mercy on them; God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-71.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّاهُونَ — wal-nāhūna · "and those who forbid"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَلتَّٓائِبُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ الْحَامِدُونَ السَّٓائِحُونَ الرَّاكِعُونَ السَّاجِدُونَ الْاٰمِرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّاهُونَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَالْحَافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللّٰهِۜ  وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Atta-iboona alAAabidoonaalhamidoona assa-ihoona arrakiAAoonaassajidoona al-amiroona bilmaAAroofiwannahoona AAani almunkari walhafithoonalihudoodi Allahi wabashshiri almu/mineen

The repentant, the serving, those praising, those journeying, the lowly, those submitting, those enjoining what is fitting, and those forbidding perversity, and the keepers of the limits of God[...]; and bear thou glad tidings to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-112.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ — atanhānā · "Do you forbid us"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ قَدْ كُنْتَ ف۪ينَا مَرْجُواًّ قَبْلَ هٰذَٓا اَتَنْهٰينَٓا اَنْ نَعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا وَاِنَّنَا لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَٓا اِلَيْهِ مُر۪يبٍ

Qaloo ya salihuqad kunta feena marjuwwan qabla hatha atanhanaan naAAbuda ma yaAAbudu abaonawa-innana lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoonailayhi mureeb

They said: “O Ṣāliḥ: thou hadst been among us one in whom hope was placed before this! Dost thou forbid us to serve what our fathers served? We are, about that to which thou invitest us, in sceptical doubt.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-62.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** أَنْهَىٰكُمْ — anhākum · "I forbid you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُ عَلٰى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبّ۪ي وَرَزَقَن۪ي مِنْهُ رِزْقاً حَسَناًۜ وَمَٓا اُر۪يدُ اَنْ اُخَالِفَكُمْ اِلٰى مَٓا اَنْهٰيكُمْ عَنْهُۜ اِنْ اُر۪يدُ اِلَّا الْاِصْلَاحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُۜ وَمَا تَوْف۪يق۪ٓي اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِۜ  عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَاِلَيْهِ اُن۪يبُ

Qala ya qawmi araaytum inkuntu AAala bayyinatin min rabbee warazaqanee minhu rizqanhasanan wama oreedu an okhalifakum ilama anhakum AAanhu in oreedu illa al-islahama istataAAtu wama tawfeeqee illa billahiAAalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ilayhi oneeb

He said: “O my people: have you considered: if I be upon clear evidence from my Lord, and He has provided me with a goodly provision from Him[...]? But I desire not to oppose you in that which I forbid you; I desire only right ordering, so far as I am able. And my success is only through God; in Him have I placed my trust, and to Him do I turn.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-88.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَوْنَ — yanhawna · "forbidding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُو۬لُوا بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّنْ اَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ  وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَٓا اُتْرِفُوا ف۪يهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Falawla kana mina alquroonimin qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi feeal-ardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhumwattabaAAa allatheena thalamoo maotrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeen

Oh, that among the generations before you there had but been a remnant forbidding corruption in the land save a few whom We saved among them! But those who did wrong followed what they had been given therein of opulence, and were lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-116.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** نَنْهَكَ — nanhaka · "we forbid you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالُٓوا اَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Qaloo awa lam nanhaka AAani alAAalameen

They said: “Did we not forbid thee all mankind?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-70.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَنْهَىٰ — wayanhā · "and forbids"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْاِحْسَانِ وَا۪يتَٓائِ ذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَيَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِۚ  يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Inna Allaha ya/muru bilAAadliwal-ihsani wa-eeta-i theealqurba wayanha AAani alfahsha-i walmunkariwalbaghyi yaAAithukum laAAallakum tathakkaroon

God commands justice, and good conduct, and giving to relatives, and forbids sexual immorality, and perversity, and sectarian zealotry. He admonishes you, that you might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-90.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** تَنتَهِ — tantahi · "you desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالَ اَرَاغِبٌ اَنْتَ عَنْ اٰلِهَت۪ي يَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمُۚ  لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ۬ لَاَرْجُمَنَّكَ وَاهْجُرْن۪ي مَلِياًّ

Qala araghibun anta AAan alihateeya ibraheemu la-in lam tantahi laarjumannaka wahjurneemaliyya

Said he: “Art thou averse to my gods, O Abraham? If thou cease not, I will stone thee; so depart thou from me a good while.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-46.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنُّهَىٰ — l-nuhā · "(of) intelligence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

كُلُوا وَارْعَوْا اَنْعَامَكُمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِاُو۬لِي النُّهٰى۟

Kuloo warAAaw anAAamakum innafee thalika laayatin li-olee annuha

“Eat, and pasture your cattle.” In that are proofs for possessors of intelligence.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-54.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 128

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلنُّهَىٰ — l-nuhā · "(of) intelligence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

اَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ ف۪ي مَسَاكِنِهِمْۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِاُو۬لِي النُّهٰى۟

Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaqablahum mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna feethalika laayatin li-olee annuha

Does it not then guide them how many generations We destroyed before them in whose dwellings they walk? In that are proofs for possessors of intelligence.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-128.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَهَوْا۟ — wanahaw · "and forbid"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اِنْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوةَ وَاَمَرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلِلّٰهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْاُمُورِ

Allatheena in makkannahum feeal-ardi aqamoo assalata waatawooazzakata waamaroo bilmaAAroofi wanahawAAani almunkari walillahi AAaqibatu al-omoor

Those who, if We establish them in the land, uphold the duty and render the purity, and enjoin what is fitting, and forbid perversity; and to God belongs the final outcome of matters.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-41.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** تَنتَهِ — tantahi · "you desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ۬ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُوم۪ينَۜ

Qaloo la-in lam tantahi yanoohu latakoonanna mina almarjoomeen

They said: “If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt be of those stoned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-116.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 167

- **Form in this verse:** تَنتَهِ — tantahi · "you desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ۬ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَج۪ينَ

Qaloo la-in lam tantahi yalootu latakoonanna mina almukhrajeen

They said: “If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt be of those turned out.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-167.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** تَنْهَىٰ — tanhā · "prevents"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

اُتْلُ مَٓا اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَاَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَۜ اِنَّ الصَّلٰوةَ تَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَٓاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِۜ وَلَذِكْرُ اللّٰهِ  اَكْبَرُۜ  وَاللّٰهُ  يَعْلَمُ  مَا  تَصْنَعُونَ

Otlu ma oohiya ilayka minaalkitabi waaqimi assalata inna assalatatanha AAani alfahsha-i walmunkariwalathikru Allahi akbaru wallahuyaAAlamu ma tasnaAAoon

Recite thou what has been revealed to thee of the Writ, and uphold thou the duty; the duty forbids sexual immorality and perversity; and the remembrance of God is greater; and God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-45.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱنْهَ — wa-in'ha · "and forbid"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

يَا بُنَيَّ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَٓا اَصَابَكَۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُورِۚ

Ya bunayya aqimi assalatawa/mur bilmaAAroofi wanha AAani almunkari wasbirAAala ma asabaka inna thalika minAAazmi al-omoor

“O my son: uphold thou the duty, and enjoin thou what is fitting, and forbid thou perversity, and be thou patient over what befalls thee; that is among the resolution of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-17.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** يَنتَهِ — yantahi · "cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْمُرْجِفُونَ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ ف۪يهَٓا اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۚۛ

La-in lam yantahi almunafiqoona wallatheenafee quloobihim maradun walmurjifoona feealmadeenati lanughriyannaka bihim thumma la yujawiroonakafeeha illa qaleela

If the waverers desist not, and those in whose hearts is disease, and the spreaders of lies in the city, We will impel thee against them; then will they not be your neighbours therein save a little,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-60.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** تَنتَهُوا۟ — tantahū · "you desist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالُٓوا اِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْۚ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمْ مِنَّا عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Qaloo inna tatayyarnabikum la-in lam tantahoo lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minnaAAathabun aleem

Said they: “We think you an evil omen. If you cease not, we will stone you; and there will touch you from us a painful punishment.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-18.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** نُهِيتُ — nuhītu · "[I] have been forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 1st person, singular · past tense

قُلْ اِنّ۪ي نُه۪يتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَمَّا جَٓاءَنِيَ الْبَيِّنَاتُ مِنْ رَبّ۪ي وَاُمِرْتُ اَنْ اُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Qul innee nuheetu an aAAbuda allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lamma jaaniyaalbayyinatu min rabbee waomirtu an oslima lirabbi alAAalameen

Say thou: “I am forbidden to serve that to which you call besides God, since there have come to me clear signs from my Lord; and I am commanded to submit to the Lord of All Creation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-66.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ — l-muntahā · "(of) the utmost boundary"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى

AAinda sidrati almuntaha

By the Lote Tree of the Finality

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-14.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ — l-muntahā · "(is) the final goal"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · passive · masculine · genitive case

وَاَنَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ الْمُنْتَهٰىۙ

Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

And that to thy Lord is the Finality,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-42.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** نُهُوا۟ — nuhū · "were forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ نُهُوا عَنِ النَّجْوٰى ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَيَتَنَاجَوْنَ بِالْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ الرَّسُولِۘ وَاِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫كَ حَيَّوْكَ بِمَا لَمْ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ اللّٰهُۙ وَيَقُولُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَوْلَا يُعَذِّبُنَا اللّٰهُ بِمَا نَقُولُۜ حَسْبُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Alam tara ila allatheena nuhooAAani annajwa thumma yaAAoodoona lima nuhooAAanhu wayatanajawna bil-ithmi walAAudwaniwamaAAsiyati arrasooli wa-itha jaookahayyawka bima lam yuhayyika bihi Allahuwayaqooloona fee anfusihim lawla yuAAaththibunaAllahu bima naqoolu hasbuhum jahannamu yaslawnahafabi/sa almaseer

Hast thou not considered those who were forbidden private conversation then return to what they were forbidden and converse confidentially in sin and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to thee, they greet thee with a greeting wherewith God never greeted thee; and they say within themselves: “Oh, that God but punished us for what we say!” Sufficient for them is Gehenna: they will burn therein; and evil is the journey’s end!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-8.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** نُهُوا۟ — nuhū · "they were forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ نُهُوا عَنِ النَّجْوٰى ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَيَتَنَاجَوْنَ بِالْاِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ الرَّسُولِۘ وَاِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫كَ حَيَّوْكَ بِمَا لَمْ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ اللّٰهُۙ وَيَقُولُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَوْلَا يُعَذِّبُنَا اللّٰهُ بِمَا نَقُولُۜ حَسْبُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Alam tara ila allatheena nuhooAAani annajwa thumma yaAAoodoona lima nuhooAAanhu wayatanajawna bil-ithmi walAAudwaniwamaAAsiyati arrasooli wa-itha jaookahayyawka bima lam yuhayyika bihi Allahuwayaqooloona fee anfusihim lawla yuAAaththibunaAllahu bima naqoolu hasbuhum jahannamu yaslawnahafabi/sa almaseer

Hast thou not considered those who were forbidden private conversation then return to what they were forbidden and converse confidentially in sin and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to thee, they greet thee with a greeting wherewith God never greeted thee; and they say within themselves: “Oh, that God but punished us for what we say!” Sufficient for them is Gehenna: they will burn therein; and evil is the journey’s end!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-8.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** نَهَىٰكُمْ — nahākum · "he forbids you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَٓا اَفَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰى فَلِلّٰهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۙ  كَيْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةً بَيْنَ الْاَغْنِيَٓاءِ مِنْكُمْۜ وَمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهٰيكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُواۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِۢ

Ma afaa Allahu AAalarasoolihi min ahli alqura falillahi walirrasooliwalithee alqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwabni assabeeli kay la yakoona doolatanbayna al-aghniya-i minkum wama atakumuarrasoolu fakhuthoohu wama nahakumAAanhu fantahoo wattaqoo Allaha inna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab

What God gave in spoil to His messenger from the people of the cities belongs to God and His messenger, and to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer[...] that it be not a distribution by turns between the rich among you. And what the Messenger gives you: take it, and from what he forbids you: refrain — and be in prudent fear of God; God is severe in retribution —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-7.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَهُوا۟ ۚ — fa-intahū · "refrain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

مَٓا اَفَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰى فَلِلّٰهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۙ  كَيْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةً بَيْنَ الْاَغْنِيَٓاءِ مِنْكُمْۜ وَمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهٰيكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُواۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِۢ

Ma afaa Allahu AAalarasoolihi min ahli alqura falillahi walirrasooliwalithee alqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwabni assabeeli kay la yakoona doolatanbayna al-aghniya-i minkum wama atakumuarrasoolu fakhuthoohu wama nahakumAAanhu fantahoo wattaqoo Allaha inna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab

What God gave in spoil to His messenger from the people of the cities belongs to God and His messenger, and to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer[...] that it be not a distribution by turns between the rich among you. And what the Messenger gives you: take it, and from what he forbids you: refrain — and be in prudent fear of God; God is severe in retribution —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-7.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَىٰكُمُ — yanhākumu · "(does) forbid you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَا يَنْهٰيكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدّ۪ينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ اَنْ تَـبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُٓوا اِلَيْهِمْۜ  اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِط۪ينَ

La yanhakumu AllahuAAani allatheena lam yuqatilookum fee addeeniwalam yukhrijookum min diyarikum an tabarroohum watuqsitooilayhim inna Allaha yuhibbu almuqsiteen

God forbids you not — with those who have neither fought you in doctrine, nor turned you out of your homes — that you should be virtuous with them and equitable towards them; God loves the equitable.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-8.md_

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَىٰكُمُ — yanhākumu · "forbids you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّمَا يَنْهٰيكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذ۪ينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدّ۪ينِ وَاَخْرَجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلٰٓى اِخْرَاجِكُمْ اَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْۚ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Innama yanhakumu AllahuAAani allatheena qatalookum fee addeeniwaakhrajookum min diyarikum wathaharooAAala ikhrajikum an tawallawhum waman yatawallahumfaola-ika humu aththalimoon

God only forbids you as to those who have fought you in doctrine, and turned you out of your homes, and assisted in your expulsion, that you should take them as allies. And whoso takes them as allies — then those, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-9.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** وَنَهَى — wanahā · "and restrained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّه۪ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوٰىۙ

Waama man khafa maqamarabbihi wanaha annafsa AAani alhawa

And as for him who feared the station of his Lord and restrained his soul from vain desire:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-40.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** مُنتَهَىٰهَآ — muntahāhā · "(is) its finality"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · passive · masculine · nominative case

اِلٰى رَبِّكَ مُنْتَهٰيهَاۜ

Ila rabbika muntahaha

To thy Lord is the finality thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-44.md_

### 96. Surah Al-'Alaq, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** يَنْهَىٰ — yanhā · "forbids"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَرَاَيْتَ الَّذ۪ي يَنْهٰىۙ

Araayta allathee yanha

Hast thou seen him who forbids

_https://quran.so/surah-al-alaq/verse-9.md_

### 96. Surah Al-'Alaq, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** يَنتَهِ — yantahi · "he desists"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ۬ لَنَسْفَعاً بِالنَّاصِيَةِۙ

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAanbinnasiya

No, indeed! If he cease not, We will drag him by the forelock,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-alaq/verse-15.md_

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