Hafiz soon
Az-Zukhruf · 43:33

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 17

وَلَوْلَآ

walawlā

And if not

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

لوْلا

Harf · Conditional particle

if not for

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.

Lesson 4 · Particles
Conditional (if/when)

وَلَوْلَآ (And if not) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".

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

Lesson 16 · Conditionals