The first word of verse (3:165) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and time adverb. 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 (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:165:1) awalammā Or when
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle T – time adverb	الهمزة همزة استفهام الواو زائدة ظرف زمان

Verse (3:165)

The analysis above refers to the 165th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uhud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves." Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.

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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