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As-Saffat · Ayah 153

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Has He chosen

أَصْطَفَى

Has He chosen

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

صْطفىFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPastForm ((VIII))

Rootصفو

★★★★Uncommon

to choose, select, purify; chosen, pure, select

Lemmaٱصْطَفَىٰ

Verb (form VIII) - to choose

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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.

Verb 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".

Question marker

أَصْطَفَى (Has He chosen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

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