Al-Qasas
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Al-Qasas · Ayah 59

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Translation

And not

Word Breakdown

وَمَا

And not

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ماHarf · Negative particle

not/what

Lemmaمَا

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَمَا (And not) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Negation (not/no)
وَمَا (And not) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".
We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.

Sahih International

And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.

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