The twelfth word of verse (21:3) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle, verb and subject pronoun. 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 imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is hamza tā yā (أ ت ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:3:12) afatatūna So would you approach
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة فعل مضارع والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (21:3)

The analysis above refers to the third verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

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 tā yā

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