Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Al-Qamar · 54:25

Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

Sahih International

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أَءُلْقِىَ

a-ul'qiya

Has been sent

Word breakdown

Harf · Interrogative particle

ءُلْقى

Fi'l · Verb

Has been sent

Rootلقيlqy

to meet, encounter, to cast or throw

146× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَلْقَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to cast, to throw, to meet, to offer

Past tense verb

أَءُلْقِىَ (Has been sent) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Passive voice

أَءُلْقِىَ (Has been sent) 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".

Verb form IV — causative

أَءُلْقِىَ (Has been sent) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").

We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".

Question marker

أَءُلْقِىَ (Has been sent) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.