LessonsExhortative Particles: Urging, Reproach and Two Uses of LawlāQuiz

وَلِـ«لَوْلَا» مَعْنًى آخَرُ
Translation: Lawlā has another meaning as well.
Lawlā can also introduce a counterfactual dependence: but for X, Y would have happened. This is distinct from exhortation.

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Lawlā Has a Second Meaning

Exhortative Particles: Urging, Reproach and Two Uses of Lawlā

وَلِـ«لَوْلَا» مَعْنًى آخَرُ
Translation: Lawlā has another meaning as well.
Lawlā can also introduce a counterfactual dependence: but for X, Y would have happened. This is distinct from exhortation.