وَهَلْand

Example sentences

• وهل يجوز تعليمه القرآن قال أصحابنا

  And is it permissible to teach him the Quran? Our scholars said...

  وَهَلْ — and is. This is the yes/no question-marker — it turns the words after it into a question without changing their order. Joined by 'and,' it raises the next issue: is teaching him the Quran allowed?

  From: Teaching the Quran to Non-Muslims →

• ذَلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهَلْ الْمَتَاعُ إِلَّا عَارِيَةٌ تُعَارُ،

  That is the provision of worldly life; and is the provision anything but a loan that is lent?

  وَهَلْ — and is it that. The connector wa- ('and') fused onto a question-particle that turns the next clause into a yes/no question — here a rhetorical one expecting 'nothing but'. The wa- joins this to the prior verdict; the question-particle flags the whole as an interrogative. Together they ask 'and is the provision anything but ...?'.

  From: This World Is Short →