The second word of verse (28:71) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, 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 perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is rā hamza yā (ر أ ي). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:71:2) ara-aytum "Have you seen
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (28:71)

The analysis above refers to the 71st verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allah could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

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 rā hamza yā

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