Yusuf
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Yusuf · Ayah 107

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Translation

Do they then feel secure

Word Breakdown

أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟

Do they then feel secure

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

أمنُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootامن
Very common

to believe, faith, security, trust

Lemmaأَمِنَ

Verb (form I) - to feel secure

واIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ (Do they then feel secure) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Question marker
أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ (Do they then feel secure) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Then do they feel secure that there will not come to them an overwhelming [aspect] of the punishment of Allāh or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly while they do not perceive?

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