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Al-Furqan · 25:43

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

Sahih International

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أَرَءَيْتَ

ara-ayta

Have you seen

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

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رءيْ

Fi'l · Verb

Have you seen

RootرايrAy

to see, behold, perceive

328× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaرَءَاVerb (form I) - to see

ت

Ism · Personal pronoun

you/your

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

أَرَءَيْتَ (Have you seen) 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
Question marker

أَرَءَيْتَ (Have you seen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition