Hafiz soon
Az-Zukhruf · 43:23

And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

Sahih International

Word 1 of 21

وَكَذَٰلِكَ

wakadhālika

And thus

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

ك

Harf · Preposition

like/as

ذلك

Ism · Demonstrative pronoun

that

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

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

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

Lesson 4 · Particles