You must not be familiar with COMMON words used in the ENGLISH language, huh?
It IS funny that the koran uses words of ENGLISH derivation...
From Merriam-Webster online:
shun
One entry found for shun.
Main Entry: shun
Pronunciation: 'sh&n
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): shunned; shun·ning
Etymology: Middle English shonen, shunnen, from Old English scunian
: to avoid deliberately and especially habitually
synonym see ESCAPE
- shun·ner noun
I of course know what the word means, I just stated that I had seen it in the Koran, is that a problem for you?