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Verse (24:6), Word 4 - Quranic Grammar

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The fourth word of verse (24:6) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A circumstantial particle and negative particle. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "while" and is used to indicate the circumstance of events.

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light)


(24:6:4)
walam
and not
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle
NEG – negative particle
الواو حالية
حرف نفي

Verse (24:6)

The analysis above refers to the sixth verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful.

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