The fifth word of verse (4:16) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A resumption particle and conditional particle. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events.

Chapter (4) sūrat l-nisāa (The Women) (4:16:5) fa-in But if
REM – prefixed resumption particle COND – conditional particle	الفاء استئنافية حرف شرط

Verse (4:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 4 (sūrat l-nisāa):

Sahih International: And the two who commit it among you, dishonor them both. But if they repent and correct themselves, leave them alone. Indeed, Allah is ever Accepting of repentance and Merciful.

See Also

• English Translations
• Conditional Expressions
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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