Arabic vocabulary
وَلَوif in Arabic
وَلَو is how you say “if” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ولو أحدثَ بعد أخذِ التراب قبل مسحِ الوجه بَطَلَ الأخذُ ولزمه النقلُ ثانيةً
If one experiences an impurity after taking the dust but before wiping the face, the taking is invalidated, and he must take it again.
وَلَو — and if. 'and if' — a hypothetical 'were he to...'. It frames a mishap mid-process, with the consequence marked later. Here: what if his purity breaks after taking dust but before wiping?
From: The Practice of Earth Cleansing →
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