Al-Baqara · 2:11
وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ
When it is said to them, ‘Do not cause corruption in the land,’ they say, ‘We are only putting things right,’
وَاِذَا
wa-idhā
- Meaning
- And when
- Part of speech
- Conditional adverb (idhā)
- Word parts
- وَ (and) + إِذَا (when)
- Role
- Sets up a ‘when… , …’ sentence
- Governor
- its answer is ‘they say’
- Case
- Adverb (mabnī)
- Grammar
- ‘And when(ever)’ — a time-condition adverb. It sets up a situation whose answer (jawāb) comes later as ‘they say’: whenever they are told X, they respond Y.