Where does “الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر” come from?

الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر (Arabic) comes from Arabic معروف, from Arabic عَرَفَ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر (Arabic): enjoining good and forbidding wrong

Definitions

  1. enjoining good and forbidding wrong

Ancestry of “الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر”, step by step

الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic معروف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمعروفknown; recognized; conventional
2Arabicعَرَفَknow; to know, get to know, find out
3Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Arabicرَأَىto see

via Arabic وَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَand
2Semitic*wa—

via Arabic أمر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأمرto order, to command, to bid, to instruct; to...
2Arabicأَمَرَto order, to command; to command; to become an...
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic عَرَفَ →