Ali 'Imran
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Ali 'Imran · Ayah 152

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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 Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers.

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