<P> Wa: Wa means "and". </P> <P> ʾInnā: See above . </P> <P> Ilay - hi: In two parts, this means "toward Him". "ʾIlay" is actually a form of "ʾila" (a preposition), which means "to". A grammatically similar phrase is "dhahabtu ʾila masjidin" ("I went to a mosque"). "Hi" is actually "hu", the third - person possessive pronoun (meaning his), and takes kasra because of "ʾila". </P> <P> Rājiʿūn: This is a form of rajaʿa, "return" (the "ʿ" represents the letter ʿain, which is voiced with a tightened throat). "Rājiʿ" is a noun / adjective form, meaning "a person who is returning ." The suffix "--ūn" plural (so that it refers to three or more people). "Rājiʿūn" thus basically means "returners", or better "the returning ones". </P>

From allah we came to allah we return