The first word of verse (2:154) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and prohibition particle. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prohibition particle (حرف نهي) is used to form a negative imperative and places the following verb into the jussive mood (مجزوم).

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:154:1) walā And (do) not
REM – prefixed resumption particle PRO – prohibition particle	الواو استئنافية حرف نهي

Verse (2:154)

The analysis above refers to the 154th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allah , "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.

See Also

• English Translations
• Negative Prohibition
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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