The Arabic example is:
لَا تَفْعَلْ
Meaning: “Do not do it.”
This is a prohibitive form1: its wording asks the listener to refrain from an act.
The Nahi form, like the Amr form, is classified as Khass, specific wording. The two forms share this classification, but their demands differ:
• اِفْعَلْ: do it.
• لَا تَفْعَلْ: do not do it.
1. Form: a word’s linguistic shape. Here, “prohibitive form” means the wording used to ask someone to refrain.
- The Form La Tafal