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At-Tur · Ayah 15

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is Then is this magic

أَفَسِحْرٌ

Then is this magic

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

سحْرIsm · Noun

NominativeIndefiniteMasculine

Rootسحر

★★★★Common

to bewitch, practise magic or sorcery; magic, magician; before dawn

Lemmaسِحْر

Noun

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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.

Question marker

أَفَسِحْرٌ (Then is this magic) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

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