معاذ الله

See also: معاذالله

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʕaː.ða‿ɫ.ɫaː.hi/

Phrase

مَعَاذَ ٱللّٰهِ • (maʕāḏa llāhi)

1. God forbid
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:79:

     قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ أَن نَأْخُذَ إِلَّا مَنْ وَجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَظَالِمُونَ

     qāla maʕāḏa llāhi ʔan naʔḵuḏa ʔillā man wajadnā matāʕanā ʕindahu ʔinnā ʔiḏan laẓālimūna

     [Joseph] responded, “God forbid that we should take other than the one with whom we found our property. Otherwise, we would surely be unjust.”

Descendants

• → Persian: معاذالله (ma'azallâh)