The ninth word of verse (16:52) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and noun. 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 noun is masculine and is in the accusative case (منصوب). The noun's triliteral root is ghayn yā rā (غ ي ر).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:52:9) afaghayra Then is it other (than)
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle N – accusative masculine noun	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة اسم منصوب

Verse (16:52)

The analysis above refers to the 52nd verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allah that you fear?

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 ghayn yā rā

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