17:40

Al-Isra · Ayah 40

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Translation

Then has your Lord chosen (for) you

Word Breakdown

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ

Then has your Lord chosen (for) you

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

L4 Particles

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

L4 Particles

أصْفىFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((IV))

Rootصفو

★★★★Uncommon

to choose, select, purify; chosen, pure, select

Lemmaأَصْفَىٰ

Verb (form IV) - to choose

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & PresentL12 Verb Families II–IV

كُمْIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine plural)

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ (Then has your Lord chosen (for) you) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

L8 Verbs — Past & Present

Verb form IV — causative

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ (Then has your Lord chosen (for) you) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

L12 Verb Families II–IV

Question marker

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ (Then has your Lord chosen (for) you) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

L17 Questions & Prohibition

Sahih International

Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

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