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)
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