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Verse (27:42), Word 4 - Quranic Grammar

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The fourth word of verse (27:42) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and demonstrative pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do".

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants)


(27:42:4)
ahākadhā
"Is like this
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif
DEM – demonstrative pronoun
الهمزة همزة استفهام
اسم اشارة

Verse (27:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml):

Sahih International: So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allah].

See Also

2 messages

Kais

24th July, 2009

Contraction (compound).

Mazhar A. Nurani

20th November, 2009

particle used for alerting,

"ka" resemblance;

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine,

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