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Verse (2:254), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (2:254) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and negative particle. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The negative particle acts like the verb laysa (ليس). This verb belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:254:17)
walā
and no
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
NEG – negative particle
الواو عاطفة
نافية بمنزلة «ليس»

Verse (2:254)

The analysis above refers to the 254th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers.

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