Al-A'raf
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Al-A'raf · Ayah 69

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Translation

Do you wonder

Word Breakdown

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ

Do you wonder

Word Breakdown

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

عَجِبْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculinePluralPast
Rootعجب
Common

to please, wonder, marvel, be amazed

Lemmaعَجِبُ

Verb (form I) - to wonder, to be amazed, to be astonished

تُمْIsm · 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
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ (Do you wonder) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Conjunction وَ (and)
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ (Do you wonder) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Question marker
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ (Do you wonder) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allāh that you might succeed."

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