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As-Saffat · Ayah 176

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Then is (it) for Our punishment

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا

Then is (it) for Our punishment

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

بHarf · Preposition

Preposition: introduces instrument, means, or oath

in/with

عذابIsm · Noun

GenitiveMasculine

Rootعذب

★★★★Very common

to punish, torture; punishment, torment

Lemmaعَذَاب

Noun

ناIsm · Personal pronoun

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

us/our

1st personPlural

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Preposition بِ (in/with/by)

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا (Then is (it) for Our punishment) starts with بِ, a small preposition meaning "in", "with", or "by".

We add "in", "with", or "by" before the word.

Question marker

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا (Then is (it) for Our punishment) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

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