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As-Saffat · Ayah 58

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Then are not

أَفَمَا

Then are not

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

ماHarf · Negative particle

not/what

Lemmaمَا

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Negation (not/no)

أَفَمَا (Then are not) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".

We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.

Question marker

أَفَمَا (Then are not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Then, are we not to die

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