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Al-A'raf · Ayah 191

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Do they associate

أَيُشْرِكُونَ

Do they associate

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

يُشْرِكُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPresentForm ((IV))

Rootشرك

★★★★Very common

to associate, ascribe partner

Lemmaأَشْرَكَ

Verb (form IV) - to associate partners

ونَIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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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]".

Question marker

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

We rearrange the English into question form.

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

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