Al-Isra
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Al-Isra · Ayah 16

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Translation

And when

Word Breakdown

وَإِذَآ

And when

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

إذاIsm · Time adverb

And when

Lemmaإِذَا

Nominal - when (1) Time adverb

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَإِذَآ (And when) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

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