م ن ع Root m-n-ʿ in the Qur’an 17 occurrences in 17 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

مَنَعَ 12 times

• 2:114 · Al-Baqarahمَّنَعَ preventsAnd who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allah from being mentioned 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.
• 4:141 · An-Nisaوَنَمْنَعْكُم and we protected youThose who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allah, 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?" Allah will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].
• 7:12 · Al-A'rafمَنَعَكَ prevented you[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
• 9:54 · At-Tawbahمَنَعَهُمْ prevents themAnd what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.
• 12:63 · Yusufمُنِعَ Has been deniedSo when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
• 17:59 · Al-Israمَنَعَنَآ stopped UsAnd nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.
• 17:94 · Al-Israمَنَعَ preventedAnd what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?"
• 18:55 · Al-Kahfمَنَعَ preventsAnd nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
• 20:92 · Ta-Haمَنَعَكَ prevented you[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,
• 21:43 · Al-Anbyaتَمْنَعُهُم (to) defend themOr do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
• 38:75 · Sadمَنَعَكَ prevented you[Allah] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"
• 107:7 · Al-Ma'unوَيَمْنَعُونَ And they denyAnd withhold [simple] assistance.

مَنّاع 2 times

• 50:25 · Qafمَّنَّاعٍۢ ForbidderPreventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,
• 68:12 · Al-Qalamمَّنَّاعٍۢ A preventerA preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

مانِعَت 1 time

• 59:2 · Al-Hashrمَّانِعَتُهُمْ would defend themIt 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 Allah; but [the decree of] Allah 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.

مَمْنُوعَة 1 time

• 56:33 · Al-Waqi'ahمَمْنُوعَةٍۢ forbiddenNeither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

مَنُوع 1 time

• 70:21 · Al-Ma'arijمَنُوعًا withholdingAnd when good touches him, withholding [of it],

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.