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Verse (34:40), Word 7 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventh word of verse (34:40) 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". The demonstrative pronoun is plural.

Chapter (34) sūrat saba (Sheba)


(34:40:7)
ahāulāi
"Were these you
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif
DEM – plural demonstrative pronoun
الهمزة همزة استفهام
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Verse (34:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 34 (sūrat saba):

Sahih International: And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"

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