Saba
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Saba · Ayah 8

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Translation

Has he invented

Word Breakdown

أَفْتَرَىٰ

Has he invented

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

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فْترىFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((VIII))
Rootفري
Common

to invent, fabricate, devise falsehood

Lemmaٱفْتَرَىٰ

Verb (form VIII) - to invent

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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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