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    Negate Future Tense With “Lan”

    Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

    Lan (لَن) is a particle of future-tense negation. You can translate it roughly as “never.” It negates mudaari’ verbs in the future tense, but also makes them mansoob. It’s sometimes accompanied by the word “abadan,” which means “ever” or “forever,” and is peppered in the Qur’an in many places.

    NOW is the Time to Learn Arabic!

    Friday, November 21st, 2008

    The following is an article on Ilm Fruits that was cross-posted with the permission of the author. May Allah allow us all to achieve fleuncy in Arabic, ameen ya rabb!

    Bismillah walhamdulillah, was Salaatu was Salaamu ‘alaa Rasoolillaah.
    “On the Day of Judgment, the Qur’an and its people who used to act by it in the world [...]

    Three Meanings of Maa

    Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

    In Arabic, the word maa has over 15 meanings. In this post, we discuss three of those meanings–ismul istifhaam (the interrogative particle), nahiy (the particle of negation), and the third meaning which is similar to alladhiy (the one who/which/that).