Al-Waqi'ah
56:71

Al-Waqi'ah · Ayah 71

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Translation

Do you see

Word Breakdown

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ

Do you see

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 (Do you see) 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 (Do you see) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

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