معاذ الله

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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
      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)