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Al-Kahf · 18:79

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 17

أَمَّا

ammā

As for

Word breakdown

أما

Harf · Conditional particle

as for

LemmaأَمَّاParticle (2) Conditional particle

Grammar rules

Conditional (if/when)

أَمَّا (As for) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".

We translate it as "if" or "when".

Lesson 16 · Conditionals