Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:98
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 9
أَوَأَمِنَ
awa-amina
Or felt secure
Word breakdown
أَ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
وَ
Harf · Conjunctionand
أَمِنَ
Fi'l · VerbOr felt secure
RootامنAmn
to believe, faith, security, trust
879× in the Quran · Very common
LemmaأَمِنَVerb (form I) - to feel secure
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
أَوَأَمِنَ (Or felt secure) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
أَوَأَمِنَ (Or felt secure) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · ParticlesQuestion marker
أَوَأَمِنَ (Or felt secure) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition