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17 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 437

The Quran root م ن ع m-n-ʿ

Words built from the root م ن ع ([m-n-ʿ]) appear 17 times in the Quran. The most common is مَنَعَ, “prevented you”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
مَنَعَmanaʿaprevented you · prevents12
مَنّاعmannaaʿForbidder · preventer2
مَمْنُوعَةmamnuuʿaforbidden1
مانِعَتmaaniʿatwould defend them1
مَنُوعmanuuʿwithholding1

Examples from the Quran

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَىٰ فِي خَرَابِهَا أُولَٰئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَا إِلَّا خَائِفِينَ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ١١٤

مَّنَعَ manaʿa · prevents

And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allāh from being mentioned [i.e., praised] in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:114)

الَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نَصِيبٌ قَالُوا أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَن يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا ١٤١

وَنَمْنَعْكُم wanamnaʿkum · and we protected you

Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allāh, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allāh will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allāh give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them]. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:141)

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ ٢٥

مَّنَّاعٍ mannāʿin · Forbidder

Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter, (Surah Qaf, 50:25)

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ ٣٣

مَمْنُوعَةٍ mamnūʿatin · forbidden

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:33)

هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِن دِيَارِهِمْ لِأَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِ مَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مَّانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ فَأَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُم بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَا أُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ ٢

مَّانِعَتُهُمْ māniʿatuhum · would defend them

It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allāh; but [the decree of] Allāh came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision. (Surah Al-Hashr, 59:2)

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا ٢١

مَنُوعًا manūʿan · withholding

And when good touches him, withholding [of it], (Surah Al-Ma'arij, 70:21)

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Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.