إِذًاthen

Example sentences

• فقال الوالي إذاً خذ الناقة واعطه حمارك بدل الدراهم

  The governor said: Then take the camel and give him your donkey instead of the dirhams.

  إِذًا — then. This is a connective particle meaning 'in that case, then', drawing a conclusion from the previous statement. It signals that what follows is the response prompted by the Bedouin having no money. It frames the governor's fallback plan as a logical consequence.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• قَالَتْ إِذًا كُنتُ أَشْفَعُ لَهُ

  She said, "Then I was interceding for him."

  إِذًا — then. A response particle, 'in that case / then', that ties a statement to a condition just raised, drawing a conclusion from it. Its job is to mark what follows as the upshot of the hypothetical, 'if that is so, then...'. So it links her reply logically to what was put to her.

  From: A Mother's Forgiveness →