Al-Anfal
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Al-Anfal · Ayah 23

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Translation

And if

Word Breakdown

وَلَوْ

And if

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

لَوْHarf · Conditional particle

if (hypothetical)

Lemmaلَو

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

Had Allāh known any good in them, He would have made them hear. And if He had made them hear, they would [still] have turned away, while they were refusing.

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