Hafiz soon
Ta-Ha · 20:134

And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

Sahih International

Word 1 of 19

وَلَوْ

walaw

And if

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

لوْ

Harf · Conditional particle

if (hypothetical)

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَلَوْ (And if) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles
Conditional (if/when)

وَلَوْ (And if) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".

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

Lesson 16 · Conditionals