Hafiz soon
An-Najm · 53:26

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 18

۞ وَكَم

wakam

And how many

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

كم

Harf · Interrogative particle

how many?

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

۞ وَكَم (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

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

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition