Hafiz soon
Al-Kahf · 18:40
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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فَعَسَىٰ
faʿasā
It may be
Word breakdown
ف
Harf · Resumption particlethen
عسى
Fi'l · VerbIt may be
RootعسيEsy
serves if the subject of Allah it will mean: be hopeful with Allah
30× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaعَسَىVerb (form I) - to perhaps
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present