Arabic vocabulary
لئلا is how you say “to not” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
اجْتنب من يعادي أهل الْكتاب وَالسّنة لِئَلَّا يعديك خسرانه
Avoid those who oppose the people of the Book and the Sunnah, lest their loss infect you.
لِئَلَّا — so that not. A compound 'li-' (so that) + 'an' + 'la' = 'lest / so that not', a purpose-of-prevention particle that throws the next verb into the subjunctive. It states the reason for shunning: lest harm spread.
From: Directing Desire Toward God →OpenArabic teaches words like لئلا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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