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As-Saffat · Ayah 17

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Or our fathers

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا

Or our fathers

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

وHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

and

ءاباؤُIsm · Noun

NominativeMasculinePlural

Rootابو

★★★★Very common

father

Lemmaآبَاء

Noun - forefathers, fathers, parents

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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Question marker

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

We rearrange the English into question form.

And our forefathers [as well]?"

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