Hafiz soon
At-Tur · 52:15
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 6
أَفَسِحْرٌ
afasiḥ'run
Then is this magic
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
ف
Harf · Supplemental particlethen
سحْر
Ism · NounThen is this magic
RootسحرsHr
to bewitch, practise magic or sorcery; magic, magician; before dawn
63× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaسِحْرNoun
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
أَفَسِحْرٌ (Then is this magic) 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
أَفَسِحْرٌ (Then is this magic) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition