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 · Conjunctionand
كمْ
Harf · Interrogative particlehow 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 · ParticlesQuestion 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