Hafiz soon
At-Tin · 95:8
Is not Allāh the most just of judges?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 4
أَلَيْسَ
alaysa
Is not
Word breakdown
أَ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
لَيْسَ
Fi'l · VerbIs not
Rootليسlys
to not be, negation of existence or state
89× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaلَّيْسَVerb (form I) - to not be
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
أَلَيْسَ (Is not) 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 & PresentQuestion marker
أَلَيْسَ (Is not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition