Quran 4:22: The Last Testament

Do not marry what your fathers had married from the women, except what has already been done. It is lewdness, abhorrence, and a bad path.

4:22Verse 518 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَلَا

walā

And (do) not

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And (do) not

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaلَlaاā

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ROOTNot applicable

WHAT THIS ISA prohibition with one attached part

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

“لَا” (lā)This word gives a prohibition: it means “do not.”Corpus grammarPRO — pro particle.