Hafiz soon
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 particlethen
تُمرُ
Fi'l · VerbThen 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 pronounyou all/your
هُ
Ism · Personal pronounhim/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 & ParticiplesQuestion 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