Al-Jathiyah
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Al-Jathiyah · Ayah 23

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Translation

Have you seen

Word Breakdown

أَفَرَءَيْتَ

Have you seen

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

رءيْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootراي
Very common

to see, behold, perceive

Lemmaرَءَا

Verb (form I) - to see

تIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine singular)

you/your

2nd personMasculineSingular

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
أَفَرَءَيْتَ (Have you seen) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Question marker
أَفَرَءَيْتَ (Have you seen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allāh has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allāh? Then will you not be reminded?

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