The Story, Stories, The Narrative 28:44

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Arabic English Morphology
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
كُنتَ kunta
you were V
بِجَانِبِ bijānibi
on (the) side Noun
western Noun
إِذْ idh
when Noun
We decreed V
to Prep
مُوسَى mūsā
Musa Noun
the Commandment Noun
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
كُنتَ kunta
you were V
مِنَ mina
among Prep
the witnesses Noun

You [Muhammad] were not present on the western side of the mountain when We gave Our command to Moses: you were not there

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلۡغَرۡبِیِّ إِذۡ قَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلۡأَمۡرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِینَ ۝٤٤

wamā kunta bijānibi l-gharbiyi idh qaḍaynā ilā mūsā l-amra wamā kunta mina l-shāhidīn