Hafiz soon
Al-Kahf · 18:68
And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"
Sahih International
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وَكَيْفَ
wakayfa
And how can
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
كيْف
Harf · Interrogative particlehow?
Rootكيفkyf
how
83× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaكَيْفNominal (1) Interogative particle
Grammar rules
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَكَيْفَ (And how can) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · ParticlesQuestion marker
وَكَيْفَ (And how can) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition