Quran 84:16: The Last Testament

So, I swear by the redness of dusk.

84:16Verse 5980 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَلَٓا

falā

But nay

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

But nay

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaلَlaٓٓاā

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ROOTNot applicable

WHAT THIS ISA negative word with one attached part

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

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