Hafiz soon
Qaf · 50:36

And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 15

وَكَمْ

wakam

And how many

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

كمْ

Harf · Interrogative particle

how many?

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَكَمْ (And how many) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

Lesson 4 · Particles
Question marker

وَكَمْ (And how many) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition