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Al-Anfal · Ayah 33

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But not

وَمَا

But not

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

مَاHarf · Negative particle

not/what

Lemmaمَا

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Negation (not/no)

وَمَا (But not) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".

We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.

But Allāh would not punish them while you, [O Muḥammad], are among them, and Allāh would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.

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