فَلا so + not in Arabic
فَلا is how you say “so + not” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَلا بُدَّ مَعَ إِخْلَاصِ النِيَّةِ مِنَ العِلْمِ،
So sincerity of intention must be accompanied by knowledge.
فَلا so it is necessary
Here 'fa-' is welded to the negator 'la' to launch the sentence as a consequence of what came before. The pair begins the fixed frame 'fa-la budda min' = 'there is no escaping', so 'fa-' is doing connective work (drawing a conclusion) while 'la' flatly denies existence of the noun that follows.
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More example sentences
فَلا أَقَلُّ مِنَ الإِقْبَالِ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ،
So at the very least, be eager to obey.
فَلَّاً so
Two pieces in one token: the connector fa- drawing a 'so / so then' inference, and a negator. Together they front the idiom 'so at the very least', the negation working with the next comparative to set a floor rather than to deny outright.
وَإِذَا بُلِغَتْكَ أَنَّ أَحْمَقَ اِسْتَفَادَ عُقُولًا فَلا تُصَدِّقْ
And if it is conveyed to you that a fool has gained sense, then do not believe it.
فَلا then do not
This pairs an attached 'so/then' with a negator, and crucially the negator turns the following verb into a prohibition: not a statement that something isn't, but an order not to do it. So beyond 'then', it sets up a command to refrain. It answers the opening 'if' with a forbidding result.