lima
PARTICLEParticle #048Particles - interrogatives
لِمَ
lima
why?

Definition

  1. 1لِمَlimawhy?19
Total uses in the Qur’an: 19

Qur’anic usage

Sense 1
لِمَ · لِ + مَا
⁠قل فلم تقتلون أنبياء الله⁠
Say, Why then did you kill Allah's prophets?
2:91draft glosses: 5 of 5

Notes

ⓘInterrogative contraction of li + ma.
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed

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