وَلَيْسَتْand is not

Example sentences

• وَلَيْسَتْ قُوَّةُ الشَّيْطَانِ بِأَكْثَرِ قُوَّةٍ مِنْ مَغْفِرَةِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي قُلُوبِ أَهْلِ الإِيمَانِ

  Satan's power is not greater than the forgiveness of the Merciful in the hearts of the believers.

  وَلَيْسَتْ — and is not. This joins the linker 'wa-' to a negative verb of being marked feminine ('and is not'). The 'wa-' ties the sentence onto the passage, and the feminine ending is chosen to agree with the feminine subject 'power' that follows, an example of verb-subject gender matching.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →