Al-Anfal
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Al-Anfal · Ayah 58

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Translation

And if

Word Breakdown

وَإِمَّا

And if

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

إِHarf · Conditional particle

if

Lemmaإِن
مَّاHarf · Supplemental particle

(emphasis)

Lemmaمَا

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allāh does not like traitors.

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