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An-Najm · 53:12

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

Sahih International

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أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ

afatumārūnahu

Then will you dispute with him

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

ف

Harf · Supplemental particle

then

تُمرُ

Fi'l · Verb

Then will you dispute with him

Rootمريmry

to dispute, to doubt, argument

20× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaتَمَارَVerb (form I) - to dispute, to doubt

ون

Ism · Personal pronoun

you all/your

هُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

him/his/it

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".

Lesson 11 · Passive & Participles
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.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition