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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 205

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Then have you seen

أَفَرَءَيْتَ

Then have you seen

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

رءيْFi'l · Verb

2nd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootراي

★★★★Very common

to see, behold, perceive

Lemmaرَءَا

Verb (form I) - to see

تIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine singular)

you/your

2nd personMasculineSingular

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Past tense verb

أَفَرَءَيْتَ (Then 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.

Question marker

أَفَرَءَيْتَ (Then have you seen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

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