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Verse (3:47), Word 7 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventh word of verse (3:47) 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 (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān)


(3:47:7)
walam
and (has) not
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle
NEG – negative particle
الواو حالية
حرف نفي

Verse (3:47)

The analysis above refers to the 47th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah ; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

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