وَأَنَاand I

Example sentences

• لَبِثْتُ سَنَةً وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عُمَرَ

  I waited for a year, wanting to ask Umar.

  وَأَنَا — and I. The wa- here opens a 'while / all the while' background clause, not a plain list, and it is fused to a standalone 'I' pronoun that re-states the subject for the side-comment. So it sets up 'while I, for my part, ...'.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →