Al-Hadid
57:29

Al-Hadid · Ayah 29

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Translation

So that

Word Breakdown

لِّئَلَّا

So that

Word Breakdown

لHarf · Purpose particle

Preposition: causes the following noun to be genitive

so that

ئلاHarf · Negative particle

not/no

Lemmaلَا

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Grammar Rules

Negation (not/no)
لِّئَلَّا (So that) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".
We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.
Purpose لِ (so that)
لِّئَلَّا (So that) starts with لِ showing purpose — it means "so that" or "in order to".
We add "so that" or "in order to" before the verb.

Sahih International

[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allāh and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allāh; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

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