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As-Saffat · 37:17

And our forefathers [as well]?"

Sahih International

Word 1 of 2

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا

awaābāunā

Or our fathers

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

و

Harf · Supplemental particle

and

ءاباؤُ

Ism · Noun

Or our fathers

RootابوAbw

father

117× in the Quran · Common

LemmaآبَاءNoun - forefathers, fathers, parents

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Grammar rules

Question marker

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا (Or our fathers) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition