Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Sad · 38:8

Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.

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أَءُنزِلَ

a-unzila

Has been revealed

Word breakdown

Harf · Interrogative particle

ءُنزل

Fi'l · Verb

Has been revealed

Rootنزلnzl

to come down, descend, send down, reveal

293× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَنزَلَVerb (form IV) - to send down, to reveal

Past tense verb

أَءُنزِلَ (Has been revealed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Passive voice

أَءُنزِلَ (Has been revealed) is passive — the action is happening to someone, but who is doing it is not mentioned.

We translate it as "is/was [done]" — e.g. "was created", "is known".

Verb form IV — causative

أَءُنزِلَ (Has been revealed) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Question marker

أَءُنزِلَ (Has been revealed) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.