The fourth word of verse (14:7) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and conditional particle. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis.

Chapter (14) sūrat ib'rāhīm (Abraham) (14:7:4) la-in "If
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām COND – conditional particle	اللام لام التوكيد حرف شرط

Verse (14:7)

The analysis above refers to the seventh verse of chapter 14 (sūrat ib'rāhīm):

Sahih International: And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.' "

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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