The first word of verse (16:36) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, emphatic prefix and particle of certainty. 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) (16:36:1) walaqad And certainly,
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) EMPH – emphatic prefix lām CERT – particle of certainty	الواو عاطفة اللام لام التوكيد حرف تحقيق

Verse (16:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allah and avoid Taghut." And among them were those whom Allah guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.

See Also

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

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