The sixteenth word of verse (24:21) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and conditional particle. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and".

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:21:16) walawlā And if not
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) COND – conditional particle	الواو عاطفة حرف شرط

Verse (24:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allah purifies whom He wills, and Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

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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