See لا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū lā yasḵar qawmun min qawmin ʕasā ʔan yakūnū ḵayran minhum wa-lā nisāʔun min nisāʔin ʕasā ʔan yakunna ḵayran minhunna wa-lā talmizū ʔanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi",
"text": "يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ عَسَى أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِنْهُنَّ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ",
"translation": "O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by names.",
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"text": "Al-Farazdaq\nإِذَا مَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ دِمَشْقَ فَلَا نَعُدْ\nلَهَا أَبَدًا مَا دَامَ فِيهَا الْجُرَاضِمُ\nʔiḏā mā ḵarajnā min dimašqa falā naʕud\nlahā ʔabadan mā dāma fīhā l-jurāḍimu",
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"english": "O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by names.",
"ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:11:",
"roman": "yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū lā yasḵar qawmun min qawmin ʕasā ʔan yakūnū ḵayran minhum wa-lā nisāʔun min nisāʔin ʕasā ʔan yakunna ḵayran minhunna wa-lā talmizū ʔanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi",
"text": "يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَاءٌ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ عَسَى أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِنْهُنَّ وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ",
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"text": "Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma\nيَا حَارِ لَا أُرْمَيَنْ مِنْكُمْ بِدَاهِيَةٍ\nلَمْ يَلْقَهَا سُوقَةٌ قَبْلِي وَلَا مَلِكُ\nyā ḥāri lā ʔurmayan minkum bidāhiyatin\nlam yalqahā sūqatun qablī walā maliku",
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"text": "Al-Farazdaq\nإِذَا مَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ دِمَشْقَ فَلَا نَعُدْ\nلَهَا أَبَدًا مَا دَامَ فِيهَا الْجُرَاضِمُ\nʔiḏā mā ḵarajnā min dimašqa falā naʕud\nlahā ʔabadan mā dāma fīhā l-jurāḍimu",
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"english": "No student is present.",
"roman": "lā ṭāliba ḥāḍirun.",
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"english": "May we not lose you.",
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