Hafiz soon
Saba · 34:8
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.
Sahih International
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أَفْتَرَىٰ
aftarā
Has he invented
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
فْترى
Fi'l · VerbHas he invented
Rootفريfry
to invent, fabricate, devise falsehood
60× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaٱفْتَرَىٰVerb (form VIII) - to invent
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentVerb 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".
Lesson 13 · Verb Families V–XQuestion marker
أَفْتَرَىٰ (Has he invented) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition