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Ali 'Imran · 3:128

Not for you, [O Muḥammad, but for Allāh], is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.

Sahih International

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لَيْسَ

laysa

Not

Word breakdown

لَيْسَ

Fi'l · Verb

Not

Rootليسlys

to not be, negation of existence or state

89× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaلَّيْسَVerb (form I) - to not be

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

لَيْسَ (Not) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present