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لَوْلا

lawlā

Why not

কেন না

Appears 75 times in the Qur'an#149 most frequentParticle (ḥarf)
Learn it in lesson 15

About this word

Particle (ḥarf)

Forms in the Qur'an

  • لَوْلَآWhy notlawlā · 20 times
  • وَلَوْلَاAnd if notwalawlā · 17 times
  • لَوْلَاWhy notlawlā · 13 times
  • فَلَوْلَاSo if notfalawlā · 8 times
  • وَلَوْلَآAnd if notwalawlā · 7 times
  • فَلَوْلَآThen why notfalawlā · 5 times

Examples from the Qur'an

We have created you, so why do you not believe?

Surah 56:57 — Read full ayah

Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

Surah 56:83 — Read full ayah

And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,

Surah 37:143 — Read full ayah