Quran 28:59: The Last Testament

Your Lord never annihilates the towns without sending a messenger to their capital, to recite Our signs to them. We never annihilate the towns unless their people are wicked.

28:59Verse 3336 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَمَا

wamā

And not

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 not

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.