The tenth word of verse (17:61) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and verb. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is sīn jīm dāl (س ج د).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:61:10) a-asjudu "Shall I prostrate
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 1st person singular imperfect verb	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل مضارع

Verse (17:61)

The analysis above refers to the 61st verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And [mention] when We said to the angles, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

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 sīn jīm dāl

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