Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 102

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Translation

Do then think

Word Breakdown

أَفَحَسِبَ

Do then think

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

حسبFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootحسب
Very common

to reckon, count, account; to think, consider

Lemmaحَسِبَ

Verb (form I) - to think

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

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