Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 40

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Translation

It may be

Word Breakdown

فَعَسَىٰ

It may be

Word Breakdown

فHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes or continues discourse

then

عسىFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootعسي
Common

serves if the subject of Allah it will mean: be hopeful with Allah

Lemmaعَسَى

Verb (form I) - to perhaps

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
فَعَسَىٰ (It may be) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

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