la
لَا
la
did not, do not, why not, or indeed depending on construction
Definition
- 1لَاladid not in the past, or do not as prohibition in present and future1,628
- 2أَفَلَا / أَوَلَاafala / awalawhy not do...? urging48
- 3أَلَاalawhy not do...? or undeniably, indeed54
Total uses in the Qur’an: 1,730
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
لَا
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
But this denier neither believed nor prayed.
75:31draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ
Do not come near this tree.
2:35draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
أَفَلَا · أَوَلَا
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
Why do they not then reflect on the Quran?
4:82draft glosses: 3 of 3
أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ
Does the human being not remember that We created him before?
19:67draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 3
أَلَا
أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
Will you not eat?
51:27draft glosses: 2 of 2
أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ
Indeed, Allah's help is always near.
2:214draft glosses: 5 of 5
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed