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Al-A'raf · Ayah 97

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Then did feel secure

أَفَأَمِنَ

Then did feel secure

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

فَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: indicates sequence or consequence

and then

أَمِنَFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculineSingularPast

Rootامن

★★★★Very common

to believe, faith, security, trust

Lemmaأَمِنَ

Verb (form I) - to feel secure

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Past tense verb

أَفَأَمِنَ (Then did feel secure) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

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

Conjunction فَ (and then/so)

أَفَأَمِنَ (Then did feel secure) starts with فَ, which means "and then" or "so" — it shows sequence or consequence.

We add "and then" or "so" to show the order of events.

Question marker

أَفَأَمِنَ (Then did feel secure) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

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