Al-Anfal
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Al-Anfal · Ayah 16

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Translation

And whoever

Word Breakdown

وَمَن

And whoever

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

مَنHarf · Conditional particle

whoever

Lemmaمَن

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Grammar Rules

Conditional (if/when)
وَمَن (And whoever) introduces a condition — "if this happens, then that happens".
We translate it as "if" or "when".

Sahih International

And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.

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