The 21st word of verse (53:23) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, emphatic prefix and particle of certainty. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis.

Chapter (53) sūrat l-najm (The Star) (53:23:21) walaqad And certainly
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) EMPH – emphatic prefix lām CERT – particle of certainty	الواو عاطفة اللام لام التوكيد حرف تحقيق

Verse (53:23)

The analysis above refers to the 23rd verse of chapter 53 (sūrat l-najm):

Sahih International: They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

See Also

• English Translations
• Part-of-speech Tags
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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