Ali 'Imran
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Ali 'Imran · Ayah 147

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Translation

And not

Word Breakdown

وَمَا

And not

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

مَاHarf · Negative particle

not/what

Lemmaمَا

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Grammar Rules

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 their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."

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