Ali 'Imran
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Ali 'Imran · Ayah 143

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Translation

And certainly

Word Breakdown

وَلَقَدْ

And certainly

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

لَHarf · Emphatic particle

Emphasis particle: adds emphasis or certainty

indeed

قَدْHarf · Certainty particle

certainly/indeed

Lemmaقَد

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Grammar Rules

Emphatic لَ (indeed)
وَلَقَدْ (And certainly) starts with لَ for emphasis — it's like saying "indeed!" or "certainly!".
We add "indeed" or "certainly" to show the emphasis.

Sahih International

And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

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