The first word of verse (7:174) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, preposition and demonstrative pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The demonstrative pronoun is masculine singular. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:174:1) wakadhālika And thus
REM – prefixed resumption particle P – prefixed preposition ka DEM – masculine singular demonstrative pronoun	الواو استئنافية جار ومجرور

Verse (7:174)

The analysis above refers to the 174th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And thus do We [explain in] detail the verses, and perhaps they will return.

See Also

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

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