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As-Saffat · 37:153
Has He chosen daughters over sons?
Sahih International
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أَصْطَفَى
aṣṭafā
Has He chosen
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
صْطفى
Fi'l · VerbHas He chosen
RootصفوSfw
to choose, select, purify; chosen, pure, select
17× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaٱصْطَفَىٰVerb (form VIII) - to choose
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
أَصْطَفَى (Has He chosen) 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
أَصْطَفَى (Has He chosen) 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
أَصْطَفَى (Has He chosen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition