لاَ not in Arabic
لاَ is how you say “not” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَلاَ إِلَى أَحْدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،
and not to any of His creatures,
وَلاَ and not
Two function words fused: 'wa-' (and) tying on to the prayer, plus a negator extending the previous plea. It carries the 'and not' across to a second thing guarded against, so the petition reaches further than the first clause.
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More example sentences
بَلَغَ مِنْ بِرِّهِ بِأَبِيهِ أَنَّ يَحْيَى كَانَ لاَ يَتَوَضَّأُ إِلَّا بِالْمَاءِ الْحَارِّ،
His dutifulness toward his father reached such a degree that Yahya would not perform ritual ablution except with hot water.
لا not
This is the everyday negation used with present-shape verbs, and inside the past 'used to' frame it makes the habit a recurring 'would not'. It denies the action as a standing practice rather than a one-time event. So 'was + not + present verb' here means a habitual refusal.
قَالَ لَا، مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَجُوزَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَّا قَرِيبًا
He said, "No; I do not intend to go with them except nearby."
لَا no
A standalone negative reply — a flat 'no'. Here it functions as a whole answer on its own, rejecting the implied suggestion before the speaker explains.
وَلاَ تَقْضِينَ فَأَنَالُ مِنْكِ
And do not judge, so I will take from you.
وَلَا and do not
This fuses wa- 'and' with the prohibition-particle 'do not'. The wa- adds a second command to the first, and the prohibitive 'not' carries into the verb that follows, bending it into its forbidding shape. So the word both joins and continues the chain of prohibitions.
وَلاَ أَقُولُ كَيْفَ تَغَلُّبِ حَلَاوَةٍ اللَّذَّاتِ؟
Nor will I say, "How did the sweetness of pleasures prevail?!"
وَلاَ and not
The connector wa- ('and') fused to a negating particle ('not'), giving 'and not'. The wa- joins this to the prior line, and the negation cancels the verb after it, opening 'nor will I say...'.