Qaf
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Qaf · Ayah 36

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Translation

And how many

Word Breakdown

وَكَمْ

And how many

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

كمْHarf · Interrogative particle

how many?

Lemmaكَم

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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.
Question marker
وَكَمْ (And how many) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

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?

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