An-Naml
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An-Naml · Ayah 55

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Translation

Why do you

Word Breakdown

أَئِنَّكُمْ

Why do you

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

ئنHarf · Accusative particle

indeed

Lemmaإِنّ
كُمْIsm · 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

Emphasis particle إنّ (indeed)
أَئِنَّكُمْ (Why do you) is an emphasis particle — it means "indeed" or "verily" and stresses what comes next.
We add "indeed" to emphasize the statement.
Question marker
أَئِنَّكُمْ (Why do you) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

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