Al-Mu'minun
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Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 115

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Translation

Then did you think

Word Breakdown

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ

Then did you think

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

حسبْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootحسب
Very common

to reckon, count, account; to think, consider

Lemmaحَسِبَ

Verb (form I) - to think

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
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ (Then did you 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
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ (Then did you think) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

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