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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

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وَمَا

wamā

And nothing

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

ما

Harf · Negative particle

not/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 · Particles
Negation (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