An-Najm
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An-Najm · Ayah 19

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Translation

So have you seen

Word Breakdown

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ

So have you seen

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

رءيْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootراي
Very common

to see, behold, perceive

Lemmaرَءَا

Verb (form I) - to see

تُمُIsm · Personal pronoun

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

you all/your

2nd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ (So have you seen) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Question marker
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ (So have you seen) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

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