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Form 1نَهَاهُ عَنْهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he forbade him itgenerated

1.1

He forbade him it.

1.1.1

لَاتُسْهَى وَلَا تُنْهَى: see سهى, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 31
15:70
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"

96:9
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ

Seest thou one who forbids-

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He forbade him it. لَاتُسْهَى وَلَا تُنْهَى : see art. سهى , in two places.
Form 6تَنَاْهَىَ1 sense

Core sense — he refrained, abstained, or desisted from itgenerated

6.1

See form 8.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 6
5:79
كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.

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see 8.
Form 8اِنْتَهَى عَنْهُ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he refrained from it; it reached, or attained, its utmost pointgenerated

8.1he refrained, or abstained, from it, as forbidden; he left it, or relinquished it—تَنَاهَى

For an example of the sense of leaving or relinquishing, see سَوَادٌ.

8.1.1it ultimately reached, or extended, to him, or it—اِنْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ

Sometimes it means that it pertained to him, or it; in this sense said of authority and the like.

And simply: it reached him, or it.

8.1.2the information, or news, reached him—اِنْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ الخَبَرُ
the information, or news, reached him—تَنَاهَى
8.1.3he came at last to a place—اِنْتَهَى إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ

This is how I have rendered it in explaining أَفْضَى.

8.1.4it attained the utmost possible point, or degree—اِنْتَهَى

Said of a thing or an affair.

Said of fruit and the like: it attained its utmost state of growth.

8.1.5it is ended—اِنْتَهَى

A word put to mark the end of a quotation.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 8 5 shown of 16
2:192
فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

But if they cease, Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

19:46
قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّا

(The father) replied: "Dost thou hate my gods, O Abraham? If thou forbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a good long while!"

26:116
قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to death)."

26:167
قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out!"

96:15
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ

Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,-

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, and تَنَاهَى , He refrained, abstained, or desisted, from it, as forbidden; left, relinquished, or forsook it. (S, Msb.) See an ex. of the latter voce سَوَادٌ . اِنْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ It ultimately reached, or extended, and sometimes it so pertained, to him, or it: in the latter sense said of authority and the like: and simply, it reached to him, or it. اِنْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ الخَبَرُ , and تَنَاهَى , The information, or news, reached him. (S.) اِنْتَهَى إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ He came at last, or ultimately, to a place. So I have rendered it in explaining أَفْضَى . اِنْتَهَى It (a thing, or an affair,) attained the utmost possible point, or degree. (Msb.) It (fruit, and the like) attained its utmost state of growth. اِنْتَهَى It is ended: a word put to mark the end of a quotation.

Derived nouns 5

Nounرَكِبَ النَّهْىَ1 sense

Core sense — he did what he was forbidden to dogenerated

1

He did what he was forbidden to do.

Mentioned under ردع.

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He did that which he was forbidden to do. (TA in art. ردع .)
Nounنَهُوٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who forbids muchgenerated

1

It is irregular, like بَغُوٌّ.

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is anomalous, (TA,) like بَغُوٌّ .
Nounنِهَايَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the utmost possible point, or degree; a thing's ultimate pointgenerated

1the utmost possible point, or degree; a thing's ultimate point—مَنْتَهًى

The utmost possible point, or degree; also the ultimate point, or element, to which a thing can be reduced or resolved; its utmost point or particular.

See فَصٌّ.

1.1[Extreme in bounty, or munificence]—نِهَايَةٌ فِى السَّخَآءِ

Mentioned under مَسْحَلٌ.

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The utmost possible point, or degree: (Msb:) and the ultimate point, or element, to which a thing can be reduced or resolved: its utmost point or particular: as also مَنْتَهًى . See فَصٌّ . نِهَايَةٌ فِى السَّخَآءِ [Extreme in bounty, or munificence]. (O and K, voce مَسْحَلٌ .)
Nounنَاهِيكَ بِأَخِينَا1 sense

Core sense — a person who suffices yougenerated

1

[A person sufficing you is our brother.]

The ب is added to denote emphatic praise.

Mentioned under بِ.

See also Ḥar, p. 28, and more particularly p. 91.

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[A person sufficing thee is our brother]: the ب is added to denote emphatic praise. (Fr in TA, art. بِ .) See also Har, p. 28, and, more particularly, p. 91.
Nounمُنْتَهًى2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place to which one comes at last; a journey's end; a goalgenerated

1

A place to which a person or thing comes at last; a journey's end; a goal.

Also a destination, or a place or state to which a person or thing is appointed to come; an end; an ultimate object.

For an example, see a verse near the end of ب.

See نِهَايَةٌ.

1.1the lote-tree of the ultimate point of access, in the Seventh Heaven—سِدْرَةُ المُنْتَهَى

Qur’ān 53:14.

See سدر.

Qur’ān 53:14 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur liii. 14”
Qur’ān 53:14 Lane quotes this verse
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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A place to which a person or thing comes at last; a journey's end; a goal; a destination, or place or state to which a person or thing is appointed to come; an end; an ultimate object: see an ex. in a verse near the end of art. ب . See نِهَايَةٌ . سِدْرَةُ المُنْتَهَى (Kur liii. 14) The lote-tree of the ultimate point of access, in the Seventh Heaven: see سدر .