Quran 81:29: The Last Testament

You cannot will anything except if God also wills, the Lord of the worlds.

Translation endnotes

[81:29] See 57:22-23.

81:29Verse 5906 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)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“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.