Al-Anfal
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Al-Anfal · Ayah 17

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Translation

And not

Word Breakdown

فَلَمْ

And not

Word Breakdown

فَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

لَمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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Grammar Rules

Negation (not/no)
فَلَمْ (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 you did not kill them, but it was Allāh who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muḥammad], when you threw, but it was Allāh who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

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