The seventeenth word of verse (5:104) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and conditional particle. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The supplemental particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so".

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:104:17) awalaw Even though
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle COND – conditional particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام الواو زائدة حرف شرط

Verse (5:104)

The analysis above refers to the 104th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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