The first word of verse (16:45) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and verb. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The supplemental particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:45:1) afa-amina Do then feel secure
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة فعل ماض

Verse (16:45)

The analysis above refers to the 45th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza mīm nūn

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