Hafiz soon
As-Saffat · 37:86
Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 5
أَئِفْكًا
a-if'kan
Is it falsehood -
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
ئفْكًا
Ism · NounIs it falsehood -
RootافكAfk
to lie, deceive, turn away from truth; falsehood, lie; to overturn, destroy
30× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaإِفْكNoun - lie, falsehood
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
أَئِفْكًا (Is it falsehood -) has no ال and takes tanwīn (the "n" sound at the end), so it means "a" or "some" — not a specific one.
We translate it as "a/an" or leave it general.
Lesson 2 · I'rab & FlexibilityQuestion marker
أَئِفْكًا (Is it falsehood -) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition