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No, not, indeed, except and that

The small words that deny, that give a sentence weight, and that join one sentence to another: eight of the commonest words of the Qur’ān.

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Cette leçon n’est écrite qu’en anglais et en bengali ; elle est donc montrée ici en anglais.

Mots du Coran connus en entier
23,5 %
Parties des mots du Coran enseignées jusqu’ici
52,3 %

Compté d’après le Quranic Arabic Corpus : un mot est connu en entier quand chacune de ses parties a été enseignée. Les chiffres disent quels mots vous avez rencontrés, non ce que vous comprenez.

This lesson teaches eight short words that change what a sentence says. Some deny it ("no", "not", "did not"), two give it weight ("indeed", "surely"), one leaves something out ("except"), and some join one sentence to another ("if", "that").

The new words

  • لَاTel que le Coran l’écrit: لَا · لَّا · لَآ

    no, not; do not

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 1738

  • مَاTel que le Coran l’écrit: مَا · مَآ · مَّا

    what, that which; not

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 2565

  • إِنّTel que le Coran l’écrit: إِنَّ · إِنِّ · ءِنَّ

    indeed, truly (it opens a sentence and gives it weight)

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 1682

  • إِنTel que le Coran l’écrit: إِن · إِنْ · ئِن

    if; not (in some sentences)

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 697

  • إِلَّاTel que le Coran l’écrit: إِلَّا · إِلَّآ

    except, but, only

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 663

  • أَنTel que le Coran l’écrit: أَن · أَنْ · أَ

    that; to (before a verb)

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 625

  • قَدTel que le Coran l’écrit: قَدْ · قَدِ · قَد

    surely, already (before a verb)

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 406

  • لَمTel que le Coran l’écrit: لَمْ · لَّمْ · لَمَّا

    did not (before a present verb, it denies the past)

    Occurrences dans le Coran: 353

Saying no

Lā is "no" and "not". Before a noun it can deny that there is any of a thing at all.

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Voici le Livre qui n’admet aucun doute[2] et qui est un guide pour ceux qui craignent le Seigneur[3],

French Translation - Rachid Maach · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.3
Coran 2:2

In this verse lā stands before a noun with no article, and the noun ends in a: that is how Arabic says that there is none of something.

Mā is more than one word in one spelling. Most often it means "that which" or "what", and often it means "not". The corpus gives them all the same lemma, and marks which it is in each verse.

Did not

Lam stands before a verb in its present form, and the sentence then denies the past: not "does not", but "did not".

لَمْ
Ses parties
  1. لَمْdid not (before a present verb, it denies the past)
Coran 112:3
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

Il n’a pas engendré, ni été Lui-même engendré.

French Translation - Rachid Maach · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.3
Coran 112:3

This verse has lam twice, the second time joined to wa, "and", from the first lesson.

Indeed

Inna opens a sentence and gives it weight. The noun or pronoun after it takes the ending of the accusative case, and a pronoun is written as one word with it.

إِنَّآ
Ses parties
  1. إِنَّindeed, truly (it opens a sentence and gives it weight)
  2. آwe (as the doer of a verb); us, our
Coran 108:1

Innā is inna and nā, "we", from the second lesson. The corpus writes the pronoun's part as a long ā alone: the word has only the doubled n of inna.

In, with no doubled n, is another word: "if", and in some sentences "not". Illā is "except" or "only", and an is "that", or "to" before a verb. Qad stands before a verb and makes it certain: the corpus calls it a particle of certainty. In the Qur’ān it stands almost always before a verb in its past form, where it says the thing has surely happened: "has surely", "has already".

In a sentence

Une phrase écrite pour s’exercer
لَا أَعْرِفُ

I do not know.

This sentence was written for practice. Lā stands before a verb in its present form and denies it: "I do not know".

Reading

Les mots que vous connaissez en entier après cette leçon sont signalés.

وَمَا (connu) عَلَيْكَ (connu) أَلَّا (connu) يَزَّكَّىٰ

Or, tu n’auras pas à répondre de son refus de se purifier[3].

French Translation - Rachid Maach · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.3
Coran 80:7
إِنَّكَ (connu) لَمِنَ (connu) ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Tu es assurément du nombre des Messagers,

French Translation - Rachid Maach · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.3
Coran 36:3
فَإِنَّكُمْ (connu) وَمَا (connu) تَعْبُدُونَ

Car vous et ce que vous adorez

French Translation - Rachid Maach · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.3
Coran 37:161

Recall

  • How does lam change the sense of a present verb?
  • What ending does the noun after inna take?
  • What are the two senses of mā this lesson names?

Answers: it denies the past, "did not"; the accusative; "what, that which" and "not".

Next

The next lesson teaches the words for "who", "which", "this", "that", "he" and "they", and how a question is asked.