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Saba · Ayah 8
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Translation
Has he invented
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
أَفْتَرَىٰ (Has he invented) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Verb form VIII — reflexive
أَفْتَرَىٰ (Has he invented) uses form VIII (إِفْتَعَلَ) — it means doing the action for yourself or by yourself.
We translate it as "to [verb] for oneself".
Question marker
أَفْتَرَىٰ (Has he invented) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Sahih International
Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.
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