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إِذ
when /ʔɪð/
particleB1#2224 most common
Also: since, because, as, at the time when
Example sentences
جِئْتُ إِذْ نامَ الطِّفْلُ.
I came when the child slept.
خَرَجْنا إِذْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ.
We went out when the sun rose.
كُنْتُ أُذاكِرُ إِذْ دَخَلَ أَبي.
I was studying when my father entered.
لا تَقْلَقْ إِذْ لا خَطَرَ عَلَيْكَ.
Do not worry, since there is no danger to you.
اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْداءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ.
Remember the favor of God upon you, when you were enemies and He joined your hearts together.
وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْراهيمُ القَواعِدَ مِنَ البَيْتِ دَعا رَبَّهُ.
And when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House, he called upon his Lord.
Word family
إِذاwhen, if (future condition)
إِذْ ذاكَat that time, then
حينَئِذٍat that moment
عِنْدَئِذٍthen, at that pointيَوْمَئِذٍon that day
Etymology
إِذ is an inherited Semitic particle that marks a point in past time. It works as an adverb of time and a conjunction, most often glossed as "when" for events already completed. In the Quran it frequently opens a clause recalling a past scene, as in "and when."
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