Quran 98:4: The Last Testament

Those who had previously received the book did not divide except after the proof came to them.

98:4Verse 6228 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.