Hafiz soon
Al-Isra · 17:94

And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"

Sahih International

Word 1 of 15

وَمَا

wamā

And what

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

ما

Harf · Negative particle

not/what

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَمَا (And what) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles
Negation (not/no)

وَمَا (And what) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".

We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.

Lesson 19 · Negation & Exceptions