معاذ الله

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʕaː.ða‿ɫ.ɫaː.hi/

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.”