Al-Qasas
28:47

Al-Qasas · Ayah 47

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Translation

And if not

Word Breakdown

وَلَوْلَآ

And if not

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

لوْلاHarf · Conditional particle

if not for

Lemmaلَوْلَآ

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَلَوْلَآ (And if not) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Conditional (if/when)
وَلَوْلَآ (And if not) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".
We translate it as "if" or "when".

Sahih International

And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...

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