B2noun
دِيوَان
dīwān
poetry collection / anthology
Example
صَدَرَ ديوانُهُ الشِّعرِيُّ الجَديد.
ṣadara dīwānuhu sh-shiʿriyyu l-jadīd.
His new poetry anthology was published.
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Arabic root
د-و-ن
2 words from this root family
A1particle
دُونَ
dūna
without / besides / other than
Example
وَلَا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ
wa-lā tadʿu min dūni Allāhi mā lā yanfaʿuka wa-lā yaḍurruk
And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you (10:106)
Grammar
Semi-preposition (ظرف). Used frequently in the construction مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ (besides Allah / other than Allah). Takes genitive case.
Culture
The phrase 'min dūni Allāh' appears frequently in the Quran, warning against worshipping or invoking anything besides God.