An-Najm
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An-Najm · Ayah 12

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Translation

Then will you dispute with him

Word Breakdown

أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ

Then will you dispute with him

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

تُمرُFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralPresentPassive
Rootمري
Common

to dispute, to doubt, argument

Lemmaتَمَارَ

Verb (form I) - to dispute, to doubt

ونIsm · Personal pronoun

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

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural
هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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Grammar Rules

Passive voice
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ (Then will you dispute with him) 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".
Question marker
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ (Then will you dispute with him) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

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