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As-Saffat · 37:176

Then for Our punishment are they impatient?

Sahih International

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أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا

afabiʿadhābinā

Then is (it) for Our punishment

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

ف

Harf · Supplemental particle

then

ب

Harf · Preposition

in/with

عذاب

Ism · Noun

Then is (it) for Our punishment

RootعذبE*b

to punish, torture; punishment, torment

373× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaعَذَابNoun

نا

Ism · Personal pronoun

us/our

Grammar rules

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.

Lesson 4 · Particles
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.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition