لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
“There is no god except God” (37:35)
ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ
This is the Book in which there is no doubt (2:2)
- The لا in the above examples is used for total negation.
- It is the absolute denial of the species in the circumstance (s) defined by the sentences.
- There will be no nunnation (tanween) on the common noun following the لَا لِنَفِي الجِنْسِ.
- This لا precedes a common noun and makes it accusative.
- The predicate of the sentence will be nominative.
Example:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
There is no god but He (2:163)
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Examples of the Absolute negation – لَا لِنَفِي الجِنْسِ used in the Holy Quran
أُولَئِكَ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ
will have no share in the Hereafter (3:77)
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
God! There is no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting (2:255)
فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ
Whoever decides to perform the Hajj—there shall be no sexual relations, nor misconduct, nor quarrelling during the Hajj. (2:197)
لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ
You commit no error (2:236)
لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا
We have no knowledge except what You have taught us (2:32)
وَلَا أَصْغَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلَا أَكْبَرَ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ
nor is there anything smaller or larger but is in a clear record. (10:61)
You have now completed this Arabic lesson. The next one will be insha’Allah about the noun of place and time in Arabic.
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