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Al-Ma'idah · 5:43

But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah, in which is the judgement of Allāh? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers.

Sahih International

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وَكَيْفَ

wakayfa

But how can

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Resumption particle

and

كَيْفَ

Harf · Interrogative particle

how?

Rootكيفkyf

how

83× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaكَيْفNominal (1) Interogative particle

Grammar rules

Question marker

وَكَيْفَ (But how can) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition