The first word of verse (6:42) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, emphatic prefix and particle of certainty. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis.

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) (6:42:1) walaqad And certainly
REM – prefixed resumption particle EMPH – emphatic prefix lām CERT – particle of certainty	الواو استئنافية اللام لام التوكيد حرف تحقيق

Verse (6:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].

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