إِذَا
Idha
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Grammar
Part of SpeechConditional Time Adverb (Ẓarf Zamān Mutadhadmmin Ma‘nā ash-Sharṭ)
Root (Arabic)
Root Transliteration
Tajweed & Pronunciation
Phonetic SpellingI-dhā
Common MistakeShortening the Alif at the end into 'Idha', or pronouncing the interdental Dhāl (ذ) as a Zay (ز) sound ('Iza').
Learning Notes
Micro Tafsir
In Quranic discourse, *Idhā* implies certainty regarding future events—such as the Day of Judgment (*Idhā jas-samā'u inshaqqat*). It paints upcoming events not as mere possibilities, but as inevitable realities that are bound to happen.
Memory Hook
Contrast the two: *Idh* (إِذْ) = 'When [in the past]', whereas *Idhā* (إِذَا) = 'When [in the future]'.
Audio Pronunciation
Contextual Verse
An-Nasr (110:1)
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ
When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest,
Common Combinations
إِذَا جَاءَ
Idhā jā'a
إِذَا (when) + جَاءَ (comes / has come)
When there comes / When it arrives
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ
When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest,
فَإِذَا هُوَ
Fa-idhā huwa
فَ (then) + إِذَا (behold / when) + هُوَ (it/he)
And behold, it/he was... / Then suddenly...
فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ
So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.
Forms
إِذَافَإِذَاوَإِذَاإِذًا
Related Words
إذحينلما