Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Al-A'raf · 7:99

Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.

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أَفَأَمِنُوا۟

afa-aminū

Then did they feel secure

Word breakdown

أَ

Harf · Interrogative particle

فَ

Harf · Conjunction

and then

أَمِنُ

Fi'l · Verb

Then did they feel secure

RootامنAmn

to believe, faith, security, trust

879× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaأَمِنَVerb (form I) - to feel secure

وا۟

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Past tense verb

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ (Then did they 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)

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ (Then did they 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

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

We rearrange the English into question form.