The fifth word of verse (6:17) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A result particle and negative particle. The result particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate the result of a condition. The negative particle acts like the particle anna (أن). This particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها).

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) (6:17:5) falā then no
RSLT – prefixed result particle NEG – negative particle	الفاء واقعة في جواب الشرط نافية تعمل عمل «أن»

Verse (6:17)

The analysis above refers to the seventeenth verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle inna (ان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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