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Al-Jathiyah · 45:23
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?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 24
أَفَرَءَيْتَ
afara-ayta
Have you seen
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
ف
Harf · Supplemental particlethen
رءيْ
Fi'l · VerbHave you seen
RootرايrAy
to see, behold, perceive
328× in the Quran · Very common
LemmaرَءَاVerb (form I) - to see
ت
Ism · Personal pronounyou/your
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.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentQuestion marker
أَفَرَءَيْتَ (Have you seen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition