Al-Māniʿ - The Unconquerable One

Al-Māniʿ is the one who repels those things which cause destruction and deficiency in one’s religious and physical life by creating (those) causes which are intended to preserve them, and the meaning of Al-Ḥafīẓ was given before. All preservation necessarily implies a hindering and a repelling. The one who understands the meaning of Al-Ḥafīẓ (therewith also) understands the meaning of Al-Māniʿ. (The same process is spoken of as) manc in respect of the destructive cause and as hifẓ in respect of the one protected from destruction. The latter is the object and aim of the hindering. Since (all) hindering is intended for the sake of preservation whereas preservation is not sought for the sake of hindering, it follows that every preserver is one who resists and hinders, whereas everyone who hinders is not a preserver unless he is one who hinders in an absolute manner all the causes of destruction and deficiency in such a way that preservation follows of necessity.