Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 68

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Translation

And how can

Word Breakdown

وَكَيْفَ

And how can

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

كيْفHarf · Interrogative particle

how?

Rootكيف
Common

how

Lemmaكَيْف

Nominal (1) Interogative particle

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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.
Question marker
وَكَيْفَ (And how can) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"

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