Quran 20:93: The Last Testament

"Do you not follow me? Have you disobeyed my command?"

Translation endnotes

[20:83-98] Aaron is criticized for being a passive bystander here. However, the Biblical version of the story puts Aaron in the rank of idolaters. See Old Testament, Exodus 32:2.

20:93Verse 2459 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَلَّا

allā

That not

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

That not

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaلَّllaاā

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WHAT THIS ISA word with an identified role

What this word is doing

“أَ” (ʾaa)This word introduces a following clause, like “that” or “to.”Corpus grammarSUB — sub particle.

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