Quran 17:94: The Last Testament

Nothing stopped the people from acknowledging when the guidance came to them, except they said, "Has God sent a human messenger?"

Translation endnotes

[17:88-95] See 29:50-51; 74:1-56.

17:94Verse 2138 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَمَا

wamā

And what

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form ما. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

And what

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaمَmaاā

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ROOTNot applicable

WHAT THIS ISA negative word with one attached part

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“مَا” (mā)This means “not.” It makes the part that follows negative — here, it excludes the group or action named after it.Corpus grammarNEG — negative particle.