Al-Isra
17:68

Al-Isra · Ayah 68

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Translation

Do you then feel secure

Word Breakdown

أَفَأَمِنتُمْ

Do you then feel secure

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

أمنFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootامن
Very common

to believe, faith, security, trust

Lemmaأَمِنَ

Verb (form I) - to feel secure

تُمْIsm · 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
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ (Do you 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
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ (Do you then feel secure) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate.

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