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Fussilat · 41:17

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 14

وَأَمَّا

wa-ammā

And as for

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

أما

Harf · Conditional particle

as for

LemmaأَمَّاParticle (2) Conditional particle

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأَمَّا (And as for) 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)

وَأَمَّا (And as for) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".

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

Lesson 16 · Conditionals