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Ya-Sin · Ayah 81

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Is it not

أَوَلَيْسَ

Is it not

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

وHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

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ليْسFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootليس

★★★★Common

to not be, negation of existence or state

Lemmaلَّيْسَ

Verb (form I) - to not be

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Past tense verb

أَوَلَيْسَ (Is it not) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Question marker

أَوَلَيْسَ (Is it not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

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