اجتنب

• IPA^(key): /id͡ʒ.ta.na.ba/

اِجْتَنَبَ • (ijtanaba) VIII (non-past يَجْتَنِبُ (yajtanibu), verbal noun اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb))

1. (transitive) to avoid, to abstain from, to keep away from

   Synonym: تَجَنَّبَ (tajannaba)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:36:

     وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوٱ ٱللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوٱ الطَّاغُوتَ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُ فَسِيرُوٱ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَٱنْظُرُوٱ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ

     And we certainly sent into every nation a messenger “worship God and avoid the idol”. And among them were those whom God guided, and among them were those upon whom error was deservedly enacted. So proceed through the earth and see how was the end of the deniers.