The second word of verse (63:8) 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 (63) sūrat l-munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites) (63:8:2) la-in "If
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām COND – conditional particle	اللام لام التوكيد حرف شرط

Verse (63:8)

The analysis above refers to the eighth verse of chapter 63 (sūrat l-munāfiqūn):

Sahih International: They say, "If we return to al-Madinah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." And to Allah belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.

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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