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﴿لِمَ تُؤْذُونَنِي وَقَدْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ﴾
Why do you harm me when you know that I am Allah's messenger to you? (Al-Ṣaff 61:5)

The wording wa-qad taʿlamūna contains wāw before an affirmative imperfect. This invites an objection to the default rule. One interpretation supplies the sense wa-antum qad taʿlamūna, thus analyzing the expression as an effectively nominal circumstantial clause. The visible sequence of words alone does not decide whether the prohibited verbal-ḥāl construction is present.

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Wa-qad taʿlamūna and the scope of the rule

Circumstantial Imperfect and Past Verbs: Rules for Wāw al-Ḥāl

﴿لِمَ تُؤْذُونَنِي وَقَدْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ﴾
Why do you harm me when you know that I am Allah's messenger to you? (Al-Ṣaff 61:5)

The wording wa-qad taʿlamūna contains wāw before an affirmative imperfect. This invites an objection to the default rule. One interpretation supplies the sense wa-antum qad taʿlamūna, thus analyzing the expression as an effectively nominal circumstantial clause. The visible sequence of words alone does not decide whether the prohibited verbal-ḥāl construction is present.