The fifth word of verse (35:42) 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 (35) sūrat fāṭir (The Originator) (35:42:5) la-in that if
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām COND – conditional particle	اللام لام التوكيد حرف شرط

Verse (35:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 35 (sūrat fāṭir):

Sahih International: And they swore by Allah their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion.

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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