The first word of verse (50:3) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and time adverb. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do".

Chapter (50) sūrat qāf (50:3:1) a-idhā What! When
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif T – time adverb	الهمزة همزة استفهام ظرف زمان

Verse (50:3)

The analysis above refers to the third verse of chapter 50 (sūrat qāf):

Sahih International: When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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