Al-Hadid
57:8

Al-Hadid · Ayah 8

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Translation

And what

Word Breakdown

وَمَا

And what

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ماHarf · Interrogative particle

what?

Lemmaمَا

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَمَا (And what) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Question marker
وَمَا (And what) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

And why do you not believe in Allāh while the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord and He has taken your covenant, if you should [truly] be believers?

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