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Al-Anfal · 8:35
And their prayer at the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] was not except whistling and handclapping. So taste the punishment for what you disbelieved [i.e., practiced of deviations].
Sahih International
Word 1 of 13
وَمَا
wamā
And not
Word breakdown
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
مَا
Harf · Negative particlenot/what
Grammar rules
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَمَا (And not) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · ParticlesNegation (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.
Lesson 19 · Negation & Exceptions