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Al-Kahf · 18:55
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 19
وَمَا
wamā
And nothing
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
ما
Harf · Negative particlenot/what
Grammar rules
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَمَا (And nothing) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · ParticlesNegation (not/no)
وَمَا (And nothing) 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