The eighth word of verse (16:126) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, emphatic prefix and conditional particle. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:126:8) wala-in But if
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) EMPH – emphatic prefix lām COND – conditional particle	الواو عاطفة اللام لام التوكيد حرف شرط

Verse (16:126)

The analysis above refers to the 126th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

See Also

• English Translations
• Conditional Expressions
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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