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Al-A'raf · 7:191

Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 7

أَيُشْرِكُونَ

ayush'rikūna

Do they associate

Word breakdown

أَ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

يُشْرِكُ

Fi'l · Verb

Do they associate

Rootشرك$rk

to associate, ascribe partner

168× in the Quran · Common

LemmaأَشْرَكَVerb (form IV) - to associate partners

ونَ

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Verb form IV — causative

أَيُشْرِكُونَ (Do they associate) 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]".

Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IV
Question marker

أَيُشْرِكُونَ (Do they associate) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition