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Al-A'raf · Ayah 98

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Or felt secure

أَوَأَمِنَ

Or felt secure

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

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

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.

Conjunction 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.

Question marker

أَوَأَمِنَ (Or felt secure) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

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