Al-A'raf
7:164

Al-A'raf · Ayah 164

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Translation

And when

Word Breakdown

وَإِذْ

And when

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

إِذْIsm · Time adverb

And when

Lemmaإِذ

Time adverb - when

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَإِذْ (And when) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allāh is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."

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