(لن يتمنوه أبداً) Lan ya-tamana-au-hu abad-an NEG PRES-wish-3rd PL-OBJ.PRO never-ACC “They will never long for it” (The Quran, 2:95) In this example, Ibn Hisham argued against Al-Zamakhshari's view because he believed that if lan had a continuous negation sense, then it would be redundant to say abadanan ‘never’ in the same verse, which is never the case. So, this proves that lan acts as a normal negative particle, like ‘not’ in English. 4). When God asked Mary to tell people that she vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious (Allah), so she shall not speak to any human being: (فلن أكلم اليوم إنسياً) f-lan u-kalim al-yaoum insiy-an then-NEG 1st SG.PRES-speak DEF-day human-ACC “So, I shall not speak to any human being today” (The Quran, 19:26) In this example, Ibn Hisham also refuted Al-Zamakhshari's view because if lan meant ‘never’, then why its meaning would be constricted by the time adverbial word ‘today’ in the same verse? This again proved that Al-Zamkhsahri's analysis of lan as a continuous negator is not applicable and is mainly affected by his theological ideas. References External links al-Kashaf on archive.org 1070s births 1140s deaths People from Daşoguz Region 11th-century Muslim scholars of Islam 12th-century Iranian writers 11th-century Iranian writers Iranian grammarians Transoxanian Islamic scholars Medieval grammarians of Arabic Quranic exegesis scholars Iranian lexicographers Linguists from Iran Maqama Mu'tazilites Hanafis Scholars of the Khwarazmian Empire