Al-Ankabut
29:2

Al-Ankabut · Ayah 2

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Translation

Do think

Word Breakdown

أَحَسِبَ

Do think

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

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حسبFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootحسب
Very common

to reckon, count, account; to think, consider

Lemmaحَسِبَ

Verb (form I) - to think

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
أَحَسِبَ (Do 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
أَحَسِبَ (Do think) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

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